Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict

Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict
	Part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
Date	1983–present
Location	Kurdistan Region
Result	Ongoing Low-level insurgency taking place.;
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region KDP; PUK (currently); Supported by:; United States; Turkey; Israel; ENKS Peshmerga Roj;	KCK PKK HPG; YJA-STAR; YDG-H YPS; YPS-Jin; ; ; PÇDK; PUK (formerly)Supported by: ; Syrian Democratic Forces; Syria (against Turkey); Hezbollah (claimed by Peshmerga); Ba'athist Iraq; YBŞ; PJAK; PYD
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani ; Nechirvan Barzani ; Shoresh Ismail Abdullah ; Bafel Talabani ; Lahur Talabany Former commanders: Jalal Talabani (later)	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 (formerly)

The Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict is a series of battles and clashes in Iraqi Kurdistan between the ruling Kurdistan Regional Government against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its allied groups. It started in 1983 and is still ongoing in the form of an insurgency. The PKK's primary method is using guerrilla warfare against the Peshmerga.

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