After the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1979, the Peshmerga were reorganized within the framework of regional committees and organizations. Subsequently, in order to expand activities and deliver the voice of the revolution to all places, the Peshmerga were sent in groups to the areas of Kurdistan, and in the same congress, it was decided to continue the armed struggle in the form of guerrilla warfare.

The Martyr Shahyaz Salih Organization was sent to the Barwari Bala area to carry out its activities in this area and revive the organizations. It is clear that part of the work of the organization and the Regional Committee was to carry out Peshmerga activities, and this included raids on the bases and institutions of the Ba'athist regime. Within the framework of this mission related to Peshmerga activity, the organization reorganized its ranks and planned to carry out its activity, which was summarized in raiding a military base of the Ba'athist regime in the area. To implement this plan, they identified the Gari Isfka outposts, opposite the village of Kare Kohi in the Barwari Bala area, to strike the government forces, inform them of the power of the Kurdistan revolution, and expose its interests to danger.

On one of the nights of November 1981, when the Peshmerga Forces belonging to the mentioned organization had collected all the information, the time came to implement their plan. The force consisted of 20 Peshmerga elements, and their main weapons were one RPG rocket and a 57mm cannon in the back as a support force for protection and to distract the neighboring outposts until the operation was completed successfully. Once the preparations were complete, the Peshmerga Forces approached the outposts with a well-thought-out plan and attacked them, creating a state of chaos using RPG launchers and light weapons, and soon seized them. The operation resulted in the killing of a number of soldiers and the seizure of all weapons and military equipment therein, including 9 light weapons, 10 boxes of ammunition, a 60mm mortar shell, a large quantity of hand grenades, and other military equipment.

After the Peshmerga Forces carried out their plan and did what was important, they gathered and withdrew. But when the government learned of the incident, it, as usual, bombed the area and the road leading to the liberated areas, but the Peshmerga survived them safely. A day after seizing the mentioned outposts, and to continue the operations, the Peshmerga Forces attacked the Jaqla military battalion and the surrounding outposts with long-range Dushka weapons and mortar shells, and bombed the military positions for a short period, causing heavy losses to the enemy forces, as it led to the killing and wounding of a number of Ba'athist regime soldiers.

Sources:

1- Masoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume Four, 1975-1990 Gulan Revolution, Part Two, First Edition, (Roxana Printing House - 2021).

 2- Muhammad Murad, The Struggle of the Mountains: Memories and Events of the Gulan Revolution between the years (1976-1989), (Kurdistan Printing House - Zakho - 2007).  

3- The Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, History of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – Congress and Conference (Program and Internal Regulations), Volume One, First Edition, (Rojhalat Printing House - 2021).