| 01/17/91 | The start of hostilities between the multinational forces and Iraqi forces. The beginning of Operation Desert Storm. |
| 01/22/46 | Kurdish Republic Day. |
| 02/27/91 | Allied forces in Kuwait and Iraq suspend military operations against Iraq. |
| 03/02/91 | Iraq signs a cease-fire agreement with allied forces ending the Persian Gulf War. |
| 03/10/79 | Death of Kurdish leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani (Kurdish regions). |
| 03/21 | Kurdish New Year celebrated. |
| 03/30/95 | MED-TV begins broadcasting. |
| 04/16/91 | U.S. President George Bush announces that U.S. Troops would enter northern Iraq to create a safe haven for displaced Kurds around Zakhu. |
| 04/28/37 | Saddam Hussein's birthday. |
| 05/14/97 | Turkey sends some 50,000 troops into northern Iraq to destroy PKK bases. An estimated 3000 people are killed. |
| 06/01/76 | Workers' Party of Kurdistan formed. |
| 08/02/90 | Iraqi forces invade Kuwait and seize control of the country. |
| 08/15/86 | Turkish troops raid Kurdish rebel camps in Iraq. |
| 08/31/96 | 40,000 Republican Guards take Arbil. |
| 09/19/80 | Iran-Iraq war begins. |
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