Kurdish Civil War

Iraqi Kurdish Civil War

Kurdish controlled area of Iraq since 1991

Date

May 1994 – 24 November 1997

Location

Result

Washington Agreement, cease-fire; creation of two Kurdish regional governments, one in Sulaymaniyah and one in Erbil

Belligerents

Iran (until 1995)

Commanders and leaders

Strength

KDP: 25,000 active, 30,000 reserves
Iraq: 30,000 (1996)
Turkey: 50,000 (1997)

PDKI: 600 (1998)

PUK: 12,000 active, 6,000 reserves
INC: 1,000 (1995)
PKK: 5,000-10,000 (1994)
Iran: 2,000 (1996)

SCIRI: 5,000

Casualties and losses

Turkey:145 killed 429 wounded

PKK:3.595 killed 452 captured

5,000 killed

Washington Agreement, cease-fire; creation of two Kurdish regional governments, one in Sulaymaniyah and one in Erbil