 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekufa kwaMustafa Barzani muna 1979, mwanakomana wake Masoud Barzani akatora chinzvimbo chake. Sezvo kunetsana kwakakura pakati peKDP nePUK, vazhinji vePeshmerga vakarwa kuti vachengetedze dunhu riri pasi pekutonga kwebato ravo vachiri kurwisa kupindira kweIraqi Army. Mushure meHondo yekutanga yePersian Gulf, Iraqi Kurdistan yakaona Hondo yevagari vemuKurdish pakati pemapato makuru maviri, KDP nePUK, uye mauto ePeshmerga akashandiswa kurwisana. Hondo yevagari vemo yakapera zviri pamutemo munaGunyana 1998 apo Barzani naTalabani vakasaina Chibvumirano cheWashington chakamisa chibvumirano chepamutemo cherunyararo. Muchibvumirano, mapato akabvumirana kugoverana mari nesimba, kuramba kushandiswa kuchamhembe kweIraq kuKurdistan Workers Party PKK, uye kusabvumira mauto eIraq munzvimbo dzeKurdish. Panguva iyoyo, vanenge 5 000 vakanga vaurayiwa kumativi ose ari maviri, uye vamwe vakawanda vakanga vadzingwa nokuti vakanga vari kudivi risiri iro. Mumakore akatevera, kunetsana kwakaramba kwakakwirira, asi mapato maviri aya akafambidzana, uye muna 2003 vose vakatora chikamu mukubviswa kwehutongi hweBaathistsorutivi rweHondo yeIraq. Kusiyana nemamwe mauto, maPeshmerga haana kumbobvira arambidzwa nemutemo weIraq. Muna 2014, maPeshmerga akabva kuNineveh Plains izvo zvakataurwa nevanhu vemunharaunda kuti ndizvo zvakakonzera kukunda kweISIS nekukurumidza mukupinda, uye kuurayiwa kwakawanda kwevaYazidi, avo vakaitwa vasina kudzivirira. 