PKK insurgency in the Kurdistan Region

PKK insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan
	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; Iraq; 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; Hezbollah; Ba'athist Syria (against Turkey); Ba'athist Iraq (against Turkey); Sinjar Alliance YBŞ; YJÊ; ; PJAK YRK; ; DAANES SDF; PYD; ;
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 PKK insurgency in the Kurdistan Region 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.