Martyr Omar Aziz was born in 1942 in the village of Nawandi, affiliated with the Choman district, Erbil Governorate. He was a villager and engaged in farming. He completed primary school.
In 1981, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Gulan Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the Najmadin Goroni battalion. He participated in the battles and activities of the Khoshnaweti region and the battles around Warti, the Balisan battle, the Nazanin battle, the Qaladize battle, and the Choman battle.
In 1988, after confronting and defeating the attack of the soldiers and Jash of the Ba'ath regime on the Peshmerga force's position in the Manjar gorge in the Warti region, the Ba'ath regime's artillery heavily shelled the Peshmerga position. As a result, Omar Aziz was martyred and was laid to rest by his comrades in the Manjar gorge itself.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.