First Kurdish–Iraqi War
Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict and the Arab–Israeli conflict
Date11 September 1961– March 1970 (8 years)
Location
Iraqi Kurdistan, (nominally Iraqi Republic (1958–68) and Baathist Iraq)
Result

Stalemate

  • Several Iraqi offensives intended to suppress the Kurdish rebellion fail.
  • Iraqi–Kurdish Autonomy Agreement
Belligerents

KDP
Iraqi Communist Party (From 1963)

Non-combat aid:
  • IranIran
  •  Israel
  • Soviet UnionSoviet Union (Until 1964)

Before 1968:
Republic of Iraq
SyriaSyria (1963)


After 1968:
Ba'athist Iraq

Saladin Knights

Talabani faction (From 1966)
Commanders and leaders

Mustafa Barzani
Ibrahim Ahmad (Until 1964)
Jalal Talabani (Until 1964)
Ali Askari

Kamal Mufti

Abdul Karim Qasim (1958–1963)
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1963)
Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966)

Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968)
Strength
15,000–20,00048,000 Iraqi troops (1969);
6,000 Syrian troops
Casualties and losses
10,000 Iraqi soldiers killed
Total Casualties: 6,600–10,000 killed, 80,000 displaced