Kurdish nationalism
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| 2023 | Democrat Castle in Koy Sinjaq ceases to be a headquarters location for PDKI, indicating a potential further transformation of the party's organizational structure. |
| 2022 | IRGC launched a ballistic missile and Shahed drones attacking a school at Azadi Settlement, killing 17 teachers and parents and 1 child. |
| 2022 | Seventeenth congress of the PDKI convened. |
| November 21 2022 | Iranian missile strikes destroyed houses in Koya, further escalating the conflict. |
| November 14 2022 | Iranian airstrikes on the Democrat Castle in Iraqi Kurdistan killed at least two people and injured 10 KDPI members. |
| October 4 2022 | Casualties from the attacks increased to 18 deaths and 62 injuries. |
| September 28 2022 | U.S. shot down a Qods-Mohajer-6 drone with an F-15 after it posed a threat to U.S. forces in the area. |
| August 21 2022 | The two wings of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) reunited, reestablishing the unified Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan after a period of division. |
| June 10 2019 | Sworn in as prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) after receiving 87 votes out of 97 legislators in the Kurdistan parliament, leading the ninth cabinet. |
| 2018 | Sixteenth congress of the PDKI held. |
| December 2018 |
Peshmerga Roj
Peshmerga Roj reportedly increased its fighting force to 5,000 fighters, with a primary focus on defending Kurdish areas and combating the Islamic State.
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| December 17 2018 |
Peshmerga Roj
US envoy to Syria James Franklin Jeffrey publicly announced the deployment of some Rojava Peshmergas across the Iraq-Syria border, highlighting the group's cross-border military movements.
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| December 3 2018 | At a KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) leadership meeting, Masrour Barzani was named as the candidate for Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region by party spokesperson Mahmoud Mohammed. |
| September 8 2018 | The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force launched seven Fateh-110 missiles at the Democrat Castle in Koya during a KDP meeting, killing 18 KDP and KDPI members and injuring 50 others, including leaders Xalıd Ezizi and Mustafa Mewlûdi. Notable casualties included commanders Mihemed Hesenpûr, Nesrin Hedad, and Rehman Piroti. |
| March 2 2017 |
Peshmerga Roj
Violent clashes occurred between Rojava Peshmerga and Yazidi militias affiliated with PKK in Sinjar, resulting in five deaths and two militants killed while trying to prevent the conflict. At least four Peshmergas were injured during these clashes.
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| 2016 |
Peshmerga Roj
Rojava Peshmergas began fighting ISIL (Islamic State) in Iraq, continuing through 2018.
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| 2016 | An Iranian agent planted a bomb near the Castle, resulting in the deaths of 6 members from the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI). |
| 2016 | KDPI engaged in recent clashes with Iranian forces, demonstrating ongoing armed conflict. |
| 2016 | The organization announced the revival of its armed struggle following the death of Farinaz Khosravani and the subsequent Mahabad riots. |
| June 2016 |
Peshmerga Roj
Peshmerga Roj claimed to have reached a strength of 3,000 fighters, formed by the Kurdistan National Council (KNC) in response to the rising military power of the YPG and YPJ.
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| May 2016 | Authored an op-ed in the Washington Post advocating for an 'amicable' separation of Iraqi Kurdistan from Iraq, calling Iraq 'a conceptual failure' and announcing the beginning of talks with the Iraqi Government leading up to a referendum. |
| 2012 | Appointed by his father Masoud Barzani as Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, overseeing security, military intelligence, and existing intelligence services. Officially added women to the Kurdish security services during his tenure. |
| 2012 | Fifteenth congress of the PDKI organized. |
| 2010 | Received the highest votes at the 13th Congress, was reelected to the Leadership Council and selected as a Politburo member of the KDP. Gave an interview to the Jamestown Foundation discussing the status of disputed areas in Iraq. |
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