2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | |||||||||
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Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) and the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict |
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Map of the areas of control as of late October, 2017
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Belligerents | |||||||||
PKK(disputed) PDKI |
Iraq Supported by: Iran |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Masoud Barzani (President of Iraqi Kurdistan) Kosrat Rasul Ali (Vice President of Iraqi Kurdistan) Najmiddin Karim (ex-Kirkuk governor) Wahid Bakuzi † (Head of KDP branch in Zumar) |
Fuad Masum Qasem Soleimani (General commander of IRGC, claimed by KRG) Hakan Fidan (Chief of MİT, claimed by PUK) |
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Units involved | |||||||||
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PUK Peshmerga (Some factions) |
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Strength | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
567 killed, 45+ wounded 105 killed, 200 wounded, 45 captured (PUK claim) |
180+ killed or wounded (Kurdish claim) | ||||||||
400 Kurdish civilians killed, 200 missing in Kirkuk (per Kurdish Media) 125,000 displaced (per Iraqi government) |
Fuad Masum
(President of Iraq)
Haider al-Abadi
(Commander in chief)
Othman al-Ghanmi
(Chief of Staff of Iraqi army)
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
(Deputy Chairman of Popular Mobilization Committee)
Yılmaz Neccar
(Turkmen PMU commander)