In the series of battles of the glorious Aylul Revolution between the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces and the Iraqi Army, a major battle took place on June 25, 1965, between the Iraqi Army and the Peshmerga Forces in the Chwarta region and Mount Azmar belonging to Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Chwarta was an important and strategic district center for the Peshmerga Forces.
Preparations
On June 25 of Year 1965, the Army attacked with the participation of the (Fifth) and (Twentieth) Brigades with the aim of seizing the region and pursuing the Peshmerga Forces, it attacked Mount Azmar in an opportunity that the Peshmerga Forces did not expect, the battle was very violent and bloody, and continued for one day, where the Iraqi Army defeated the Peshmerga Forces and occupied the entire Mount Azmar and the Chwarta region.
This victory of the Iraqi Army came as a result of the inability of the Peshmerga Forces to defend in the region, and in comparison with other battles, the Peshmerga Forces did not defend much, and the victory of the Iraqi Army had a great impact on the morale of the people in general and the Peshmerga in particular, and in return the Iraqi Army was proud of its victory which it achieved during that battle.
Source:1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Authority of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.