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Shakib Saeed Sharif Rashid, known as Shakib Akrayi, a jurist and politician, in the year 1966 was the assistant head of the Intelligence and Security Affairs Committee of the Executive Office (Al-Maktab al-Tanfidhi) of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraqi Kurdistan....
The Battle of Mount Matin was one of the series of battles of the Aylul Revolution on Mount Matin, which is located near the Amadiya district in the year 1963, and took place between the Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan and the Iraqi government.
This epic took place in August 4 of the year 1963 between Barzan, Ble, and their surroundings. The government of Iraq launched an attack on Barzan and its surrounding villages in order to seize them, destroy them, and disrupt the Kurdish revolution in that region. However, the Peshmerga forces, under the direct leadership of Barzani, the leader of the revolution, strongly resisted them and did not allow their plan to succeed. After several assaults and sustaining heavy casualties to the attacking force, the battles and assaults ended with negotiations and peace.
The rise of the Aylul Revolution and the explosion of Kurdish discontent against the broken promises of the Abdul Karim Qasim regime (1958-1963), caused several cities and towns in Southern Kurdistan to fall into the hands of the Peshmerga within a few months and be administered by the revolution...
This battle took place on 15 November 1980 in the Haji Omaran area. When the war between Iraq and Iran occurred, the revolution leadership wanted to seize the opportunity: if the situation of the Iraqi Army on the Haji Omaran border was unstable, they would move the revolution's activities there and take control of it. However, the situation of the Iraqi Army was not as it had reached the Peshmerga in the information; rather, it was different in terms of strength. Furthermore, the weather in the area was not encouraging for the Peshmerga to be able to hit the target.
The September Revolution; a comprehensive revolution from Zakho to Khanaqin, had more than 65000 km2 of liberated Kurdistan territory under its control; most of that land was inhabited and populated. The region needed administration, so the leader of the revolution, President Mustafa Barzani, thought of establishing an institution called the Revolutionary Command Council. This council was established in September 1964, and like any government, its institutions provided services to the citizens.
Anfal was a campaign of genocide, destruction, and erasure of the Kurdish nation. The Ba'ath regime carried it out in several different stages: in 1971 against the Faili Kurds, in 1983 against the Barzanis, and in 1988 it covered the entire territory of Kurdistan. This campaign resulted in the revocation of citizenship, the burning of villages and hamlets, the arrest, displacement, burying alive, and killing of civilian citizens of Kurdistan. Its ultimate result was the disappearance and burying alive of approximately 182 thousand innocent citizens of Kurdistan.
The establishment of the Zakho Force dates back to the time when Mustafa Barzani and 400 Peshmerga arrived in the Badinan region from the Barzan region; the arrival of Barzani and his force to the region was an important beginning and a historical turning point for the area.
The end of the monarchy system in the year 1958 and the coming to power of a new political system in Iraq brought a set of high expectations for all nations and components of Iraq. Everyone was looking forward to the republican system creating a change in political thought in Iraq and leading to openness and the acceptance of pluralism in the country. In reality, a part of these expectations, after the 14 of July 1958, if only temporarily, were realized and...
After the Zawita battle from 5 to 6 of December 1961 in which the Peshmerga achieved a great victory, after being able to inflict great damage on the army and the Jash, this makes the Peshmerga take...
Politician, Ismail Aziz Mustafa Abdullah, known as (Sheikh Ismail Mullah Aziz - Sheikh Ismail Safi - Sheikh Ismail Hirani - Ismail Mullah Aziz Hirani - Tariq), in the year 1963 he was a representative of the General Congress in the Koya district (the first of the people) affiliated with Erbil Governorate, in the year 1964 he stood against the Political Bureau faction....
The Iraqi government, from the middle of December 1964, had begun making excuses and provoking conflict; under the pretext of chaos, it had started a campaign of arrests and harassment of the people in the cities and towns of Kurdistan...
