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PKK insurgency in the Kurdistan Region
Conflict between the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region and the Kurdistan Workers' Party
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.
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