Kurdish Revolt in Iraq and Turkey 1991-Present

In 1991, Kurdish forces in northern Iraq revived their war of independence, taking Kirkuk but the insurrection was crushed by Iraqi forces. Kurdish forces also struck out of northern Iraq into Turkey, generating cross-border responses by Turkish forces.

In 1992, Turkish border forces and Iraq-based Kurdish forces repeatedly clashed.

In 1993, Turkish forces numbering 40,000 mounted a largely unsuccessful spring offensive into Northern Iraq (April), aimed at Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgents waging a guerrilla war into Turkey from cross-border bases. An equally large Turkish cross-border offensive (March 1995) would meet with little success.

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Timelines of War, 522, 524, 528.

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