Biography

Yasin Muhammad alias Arif Yasin Doski was born in 1932 in the village of Bir in the Amediya district. He was an employee of the Sarsang police station and then became a sergeant and was transferred to Mosul. He stayed in Erbil for two years and was assigned as a mobile force to protect the borders of Keleshin and Khinera and was given the rank of Rais Urefa by the government. He was transferred to the Sherwan police station for a year and 6 months. At the request of Sheikh Ahmed Barzan, he was transferred to the Tel base and was once again returned to the Sherwan police station by the government. He was the commander of the police station in Barzan for 9 months. Due to the opposition of the Barzan police director, he was transferred again to the Tel center. In 1975, he emigrated to Iran and settled in the Zeway camp. He passed away on February 22, 1992.

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Arif Yasin In 1960, Doski, along with all the police officers from the base, joined the Peshmerga forces with their weapons, ammunition, radios, and equipment. September Revolution In 1961, he was a unit commander in the Siwar Axa force, participated in the first battle on Mount Sherwan, after the liberation of the Behdinan region by Mullah Mustafa Barzani and before entering Soran, he became the assistant to Mihemed Emin Mirxan, commander of the striking forces, and participated in the battles of the Behdinan region, such as the battles of Betnur, Qumri, Kani Belav, Zewke, Besfke, Derya, Kemeka, Germava Haji Axa, Lomana, Zawite, Zirezey, Suwar and Spindar, Serê Etruş, Kevre Sur, Kulebeh, Tilbizine, Nehle and Serê Akre.

Arif Yasin In 1962, he went to Soran and participated in the battles in the Beş Valley, the Bersirin Valley, Dergele, Qishlên Gelala and Çoman, and the Rayat Fortress, and was besieged for 42 days and captured by the Turkish army. Arif Yasin They dug a tunnel under the fortress to capture it, he was in charge of the force on Mount Siyako, and he participated in the battle of Mount Gerdin Huştr. Under his supervision Arif Yasin The governor and the district manager of Mergasor were arrested and all their belongings were confiscated.

On July 13, 1963, during the Iraqi army's attack on Peshmerga forces in Spilki, he was the commander of the Peshmerga wing under the command of Colonel Rukin Abdulkafi Nebawi and participated in the battles of Spilki and Derbent Kur.

In 1963, he was in charge of the Spilki district and commanded a military regiment in the battle on the Khalifan-Spilki road. In 1963, he was injured in a battle in the Harir plain and returned to the Hawdian area after treatment. He participated in the battles of Hawdian, Baska Derê, Mezinê, Şetnê, Lêlokê, Xerdenê, Bêstirê, Geliyê Wajê, Deshta Gorêtu, Kulana Derê, Girê Bersiyavê and was wounded for the second time. In early 1964, by order of Mullah Mustafa Barzani, he moved his base to Gelala and Dola Şehedan and participated in the battles of Omar Qawm, Mawet, Gemo, Sîrê and Çiyayê Barî. He was the commander of the front and participated in the battle of Hafiz, returned to Geliyê Beş and participated in the battles of Geliyê Omar Axa, Pîsta Badilyan, Serükaniya Diyana, Sertîz and Zozkî.

In 1966, he was the commander of a Peshmerga battalion in the battles of Mount Zozkê and the Omar Axa Valley. In 1967, the Peshmerga forces under his command Arif Yasin They captured the base of Hiran's mobile forces in the village of Spindare.

In 1970, during the formation of the Border Regiments, he became the commander of the 10th battalion in Kani Simaqok. After the war began, he was put in charge of the Gorez front and oversaw several battles there, where he was wounded for the third and fourth time. In 1970, he became the commander of the force on the orders of Mullah Mustafa Barzani. After the defeat in 1975, he became a member of the refugee monitoring committee in the Zewa camp.

Arif Yasin participate May Revolution and was the interim leader and was appointed as the head of the Nerwe and Rekan and Doski Juri districts and participated in the wars between 1976-1979. In 1979, he participated in the 9th congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). In 1982, when the Peshmerga forces were organized, he was the commander of the 57th force and a member of the leadership of the operation in the Shino and Qele Shin areas. In 1983, on the orders of the President Masoud Barzani He was appointed as the head of the Doski Jury district in the first region, in 1986 by the President. Masoud Barzani He was appointed as the officer of the Gulan District Committee and was the supervisor of the military section until 1987. In 1988, he participated in the Battle of Xwakurk and was a member of the Xwakurk operation command, was in charge of the military section on the border of the first league, and was also in charge of the Sidekan front.

Source:

1. Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Committee Archives.

2. Masoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume III, Part I, Ministry of Education Press, Hewlêr, 2004, pp. 7, 134, 136.

3. Yûsif Sabri and Dlovan Mistefa, For National Freedom, Part 1, Xanî Press, Duhok, 2012, pp. 231, 277.

4. On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the death of the heroic commander Arif Yasin Doski, Biryatî newspaper, issue 2532, Hewlêr, Monday 23/02/1998, p. 6.