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Salim Asaad Khoshawi is a Peshmerga of the Aylul and Gulan revolutions and the 1991 uprising. He joined the Aylul Revolution in Year 1961, was a guard for the Immortal Barzani, and was a Member of the Amidi Local Committee in Year 1969, affiliated with the First Branch of the Party. He was a Delegate to the Sixth, Ninth, and Thirteenth Congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and holds the Immortal Barzani Medal.
During the series of battles of the great Aylul Revolution between the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi Army, and in the late autumn of Year 1965, the Iraqi Army launched a large-scale attack on the positions of the Peshmerga forces on the mountains of Bani Harir and Zinetir...
Suleiman Ahmed Ismail Omar, known as (Suleiman Ahmed Dolmari), was a Peshmerga of the Aylul and Gulan revolutions and the Uprising. He joined the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces in the prime of his youth in Year 1967 at the age of 14. In recognition of his services and activities, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani on December 15, 2010, during the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Rashid Muhammad Faqo, known as (Rashid Isomari), was born in Year 1941 in the village of Isomar in the Barzan area in the Mergasor district of Erbil Governorate. He joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution in Year 1961 after the outbreak of the Aylul Revolution. He assumed the position of Wing Commander in Year 1962. He was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani on August 16, 1996, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The politician and General Omar Osman Ibrahim, known as (Lieutenant Ali and Leader Ali), joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1962. He was elected Member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the Ninth Congress in Year 1979, at the Tenth Conference in Year 1989, and at the Eleventh Congress in Year 1993. At the Twelfth Congress in Year 1999, he was elected Member of the Central Committee and then Member of the Political Bureau of the Party. At the Thirteenth Congress in Year 2010, he was elected Member of the Leadership Council. He is a bearer of the Immortal Barzani Medal.
The Shishar battle took place in the autumn of 1974 between the Iraqi Army and the Peshmerga Forces, when the army wanted to seize Mount Shishar in the Betwata region with the aim of extending its control over the areas surrounding the mountain. However, the Peshmerga Forces confronted it fiercely and were able to thwart the attack, and the Peshmerga did not allow the mountain to fall into the hands of the government, and it remained in this state until the setback of the Aylul Revolution in 1975.
The battle of Ziyoki village took place during the Gulan Revolution on April 15, 1983, in the Badinan region between a force of the Peshmerga and a large force of the Iraqi Army, as the Iraqi Army attacked Ziyoki village in the Mankishke region with the aim of restoring the government's power and dominance in the region. While the Iraqi Army was searching the village, a Peshmerga force that was patrolling and searching in the area learned of the attack, and the army attacked them.
Salim Darbas, known as (Sado Kurki), was born in 1937 in the city of Zakho. He joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces in 1961, became a company commander in 1970, participated in 1979 in the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, became a member of the Regional Committee and responsible for the military section in the Zakho Regional Committee in 1987, assumed the position of commander of the 17th forces in the First Zakho Army in 1995, holds the Barzani Medal, and died in 2012.
The Dukan Cave massacre took place on August 18, 1969, at the hands of the Iraqi Army, when the army launched a military campaign on the (Akre – Sheikhan) area with the support of mercenary gunmen, artillery shelling, and warplanes. The fighting led to the burning, drowning, and martyrdom of 66 civilians from the village of Dukan, including elders, disabled people, women, and children, in the cave.
Hamid Khwasti was born in Year 1939, joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution in Year 1961. He took refuge in Iran in Year 1975 after the setback of the Aylul Revolution, in Year 1976 with the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution, he received the Mustafa Barzani medal for his struggle for the liberation of the Kurds and Kurdistan and the Barzani path, which was bestowed upon him by President Masoud Barzani. In Year 2003, he became the head of the Aylul Institution in Zakho.
The epic of Chia Rash took place at the beginning of November 1974 in Chia Rash, west of the city of Duhok, because that area was under the control of the revolution and the activities of the Peshmerga were continuing there, especially the shelling of military convoys and columns. According to the Iraqi Army's plan to silence the voice of the revolution and limit the activities of the Peshmerga in this area, it launched an extensive attack, but it failed in it, and rather suffered heavy losses in lives and equipment.
This battle constituted a strong blow dealt by the Peshmerga forces belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party during the Gulan Revolution to one of the Iraqi Army's outposts. On the night of August 12/13, 1985, when a force of Peshmerga belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Communist Party was touring the Batifa area in Duhok Governorate to inspect the ranks of the organizations and the citizens of the area, they decided to carry out one of the guerrilla warfare activities, so they designated the Karde Hol outpost for this purpose.
