Iraq's civil war begins 2017-

[StonyArabia]

Didn't ISIS count as a civil war as well? Has Iraq ever not been in a civil war since they were invaded for no real reason in 2003?

The conflict with ISIS is not really a civil war, because many of ISIS members are from all over the Islamic world, some African, some are European, some are Berbers ect. However the official civil war in Iraq happened after 2003 Anglo-American invasion. It began in 2006 with Shia Arabs and Sunni Arabs fighting and it ended in 2011, with most of the Sunni Arab tribal regions being de-facto independent with tribal sheikhs ruling most of the tribes in the western region. However in 2017, Kurds want their independence, and this has angered the central government in Iraq which is Shia Arab lead, and also they don't want to lose the northern Iraqi oil reserves, so the conflict also economic incentive, not so much to offered in the Western regions other than some phosphrous and recently only natural gas, but it does not compare to Kirkuk's oil reserve.

[Babak]

LONG LIVE THE RICH NEAR EAST

[Lavrentis]

Are most Kurds in Iraq Sunni?

[StonyArabia]

Are most Kurds in Iraq Sunni?

Yes the vast majority of Iraqi Kurds are Sunni, this conflict might have little sectarian element but it's more of an ethnic one