On the morning of April 24, 1974, the Iraqi army began attacks against the areas under the control of the Kurdistan revolution and entered the battlefield with all its might, continuing its advances to occupy the entire territory of Kurdistan. On April 25, 1974, some of their forces on the Kirkuk-Sulaymaniyah road wanted to go to Sengaw and take control of it before reaching Chamchamal. The units of the force consisted of the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Force of the 2nd Division of Kirkuk with the help of a tank battalion that was in front of the force. It seems that the Iraqi army was unaware that the Peshmerga of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Force of Kirkuk would resist as much as they could.

In the Shiwe Sure area, the Peshmerga Forces had taken positions in defensive trenches, becoming a large concrete obstacle in front of the advance of the Iraqi forces. They had also placed anti-tank and anti-personnel mines on the road of the attacking army. When the battle began, some of the Iraqi army's tanks were hit by mines and destroyed. At that time, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Colonel Ziyadin Jamal, ordered that tanks should not enter the front line of the attack unless necessary.

After the infantry forces continued their attack, they were suddenly met with gunfire from the Peshmerga and mines. After 8 hours of continuous fighting and clashes, the Iraqi army was defeated by the strong defense of the Peshmerga. There were heavy human and material losses, with dozens killed and wounded. One of the dead was the personal guard of the battalion commander. Material losses included the destruction of 6 tanks, 3 armored vehicles, and many military vehicles, as well as the seizure of many small and medium weapons.

 

Source:

  1. Senger Ibrahim Khoshnaw, Military Events of the September Revolution 1970-1975, 1st Edition, Erbil, 2022.
  2. Karwan Jawhar Muhammad, Idris Barzani 1944-1987 His Life and Political and Military Role in the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Hevi Printing House, Erbil, 2019.