Ceasefire Main phase Later phase The Makhmour clashes (October 22, 2023) were a series of armed clashes which began between Peshmerga and the Iraqi army in the Kurdish majority town of Makhmour and its surrounding northwestern mountain range.

It has been hit many times by Turkish forces claiming to target the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

On the 19th of October, the PKK announced that it had withdrawn all its fighters from the camp and Iraqi troops were subsequently stationed in the areas they had evacuated.

[6] The clash, which reportedly broke out in the afternoon,[7] and lasted for around two hours before abating when commanders from both sides sought to defuse tensions, said military and Peshmerga sources.

[8] The commander of the 18th Peshmerga infantry brigade Salih Zirari, and his deputy Posho Khalid were among the dead.