Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict

Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict
	Part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency, Iraqi Kurdish Civil War and the Iran–Turkey proxy conflict
Date	1983 – 2025
Location	Kurdistan Region
Result	Inconclusive Low level insurgency ended; PKK dissolves on 12 May 2025 as part of the 2025 PKK–Turkey peace process;
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga KDP; PUK (sometimes; after 1991); ; ; Supported by:; Turkey; United States; Israel; ENKS KDP-S Peshmerga Rojava; ; ;	KCK PKK (until 2025) HPG; YJA-STAR; YDG-H YPS; YPS-Jin; ; ; PÇDK (until 2015); ; PUK (until 1991) Supported by:; Iran; Ba'athist Syria (against Turkey); Ba'athist Iraq (against Turkey); Sinjar Alliance YBŞ; YJÊ; ; PJAK YRK; ; DAANES SDF; ;
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani ; Nechirvan Barzani ; Shoresh Ismail Abdullah; Jalal Talabani (after 1991); Vian Dakhil; Haydar Shesho	Murat Karayılan ; Bahoz Erdal ; Cemil Bayık ; Duran Kalkan ; Mustafa Karasu Former commanders: Abdullah Öcalan ; Osman Öcalan ; Ibrahim Parlak ; Şemdin Sakık ; Ali Haydar Kaytan † ; Jalal Talabani (until 1991)
Casualties and losses
6 killed, 2 captured; 7 wounded ; Civil War: 200 killed	5 killed, 5 captured; 2 killed ; Civil War: 2,730 killed , 415 captured

The Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict refers to a series of clashes in Iraqi Kurdistan between the ruling Kurdistan Region and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its allied groups. The conflict started in 1983. Simultaneously, the PKK waged a guerrilla insurgency, while the Peshmerga waged a counterinsurgency.