Iraqi Kurdish Civil War

Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict and the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
Military situation in Iraqi Kurdistan after the conflict
Date 1 May 1994 – 24 November 1997[2] Location Iraqi Kurdistan (nominally northern Iraq) Result Washington Agreement PKK moved to Qandil mountains from Bekaa Valley
Belligerents
KDP PDKI Supported by: Iraq (from 1995)  Turkey (from 1997)  Iran (before 1995)	PUK PKK[1] KCP Iraqi National Congress SCIRI Supported by:  Iran (from 1995)  Syria  United States (1996)
Commanders and leaders
Massoud Barzani Roj Shaweis	Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa Kosrat Rasul Ali Abdullah Öcalan Ibrahim Parlak Kani Yilmaz Cemil Bayik
Strength
KDP: 25,000 active, 30,000 reserves[3] Iraq: 30,000 (1996)[4] PDKI: 600 (1998)[5]	PUK: 13,500 active, 6,000 reserves[3] INC: 1,000 (1995)[6] PKK: 5,000–12,000 (1994)[7]  Iran: 2,000 (1996)[8] SCIRI: 5,000[9][better source needed]
Casualties and losses
5,000–8,000 killed[10][11]

The Iraqi Kurdish Civil War was a civil war that took place between rival Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan during the mid-1990s, mostly between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Over the course of the conflict, Kurdish factions from Iran and Turkey, as well as Iranian, Iraqi and Turkish forces, were drawn into the fighting, with additional involvement from American forces. Between 35,000 and 40,000 fighters and civilians were killed.^[10][11]