Commander Suwara Fatah Faraj joined the ranks of the great Aylul Revolution in 1961. He participated in many battles of the Aylul Revolution . From the Battle of Darbandi Bazian, due to his bravery, he was made a Head of Branch in the Rizgari force. He played a good role and carried out many activities on the Dukan-Sulaymaniyah road.
After the March 11, 1970 agreement, by the order of President Mustafa Barzani under the supervision of Sami Abdulrahman who was the Minister of Northern Affairs at that time, as a tribute to the struggle and hard work of Suwara Fatah and the Peshmerga and the martyrs, the village of Kanikhan was built for them in a modern style. He continued until the collapse of the Aylul Revolution in Year 1975. In 1981, he joined the ranks of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and was made a Battalion Commander in Sharbazher until the uprising of the people of Kurdistan in 1991, and he became the Surdash Force Commander and participated in the battles of Muaskar Khalid and Kirkuk. He attained many other party and military ranks until he passed away on November 19, 2014, in the city of Erbil.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.