Abdullah Darwish Ali, known as (Abdullah Darwish Aradni), was born in 1945 in the village of Aradn, affiliated with the Sarsing sub-district in the Amadiya district of Duhok Governorate. He studied up to the intermediate level. In 1961, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution in the Doski Zheri area, and under Asad Khoshawi he became a Peshmerga. Later, he was transferred to Said Khalil Khoshawi and managed administrative work. Abdullah Darwish was wounded in the battles of the village of Garmak in 1961 and in the battle of Doski Zheri in 1964. In 1963, he returned to the Duhok Force and was appointed as the person responsible for the force's weapons and ammunition depot.
In 1964, at the headquarters of the First Army in the Barwari Bala area, he was assigned the task of writing for the wireless and communications department. In 1966, in the village of Qasre in the Balakayati area, he completed a first-aid course. After returning to the First Army, he worked in the village of Qumaye in the Barwari Bala area at the Revolution Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Moshe, who was a Christian doctor. In the same year, in the village of Qasre, he completed a six-month wireless course with a good grade under Nuri Haydari. After a few months, he was sent again to the village of Rayat to take another wireless course with new equipment. After finishing the course, he was assigned to the wireless department in Barzan, and in 1971, he was transferred to the Barzani Headquarters in Haji Omaran.
In 1974, after the start of the war by the Iraqi Army against the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution, Abdullah Darwish was sent to Iran and worked in the Revolution's Relations Office, which was headed by Dr. Shafiq Qazzaz. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he became a refugee in the country of Iran. Initially, he resided in the city of Naqadeh, and from there, he was transferred to the city of Ardakan in Yazd Province. In 1991, after the popular uprising in South Kurdistan, he returned to Kurdistan.
In 1979, he returned to the village of Rajan in East Kurdistan and was assigned the task of Deputy Head of the Intelligence Department of the Political Bureau in the Political Bureau's wireless agency. In 1985, he worked in the Intelligence Department of the Political Bureau, which had its headquarters in Lolan. In 1986, with President Masoud Barzani he went to the village of Kani Sardak in the Nerwa area and managed the wireless tasks for the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and after six months, he returned to the village of Rajan.
In 1991, before the start of the popular uprising in South Kurdistan, with President Masoud Barzani he was in Qasme Rash, and later, step by step as the uprisings progressed in Ranya, Erbil, Koya, Shaqlawa, Pardi, and Kore, he was with President Masoud Barzani . After the defeat of the Iraqi Army and the start of negotiations, he went to Baghdad three times with President Masoud Barzani .
On August 16, 1996, at the Golden Jubilee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, due to the services he had provided, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Barzani.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.