After the setback of the Aylul Revolution in March 1975, the Kurdish leadership thought about continuing the revolution and returning to the fields of struggle through the activities of the Peshmerga. Although the revolution leadership was living in a state of asylum and under Iranian patronage during that period, it was in any case able to find an opportunity to resume the revolution, and sent the Peshmerga Forces to various regions of Kurdistan, to let the Iraqi regime hear that the revolution is continuing and that defending the rights of the Kurd is a matter that is difficult to tolerate [1].

It seems that the struggle of the Kurdish revolution this time included many Peshmerga activities here and there, far from front-line warfare, to prevent the Iraqi regime from living in peace and feeling safe and stable for any reason. This was in the middle of the Year 1976, when the armed revolution was resumed and restored hope in the souls of the people of Kurdistan, and this step was a turning point in the history of the Kurd.[2]. To achieve this goal, the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces carried out many Military activities in various regions throughout the revolution, and dealt strong blows to the Military, security, and armed units belonging to the Iraqi regime.

The activity we want to talk about in these lines is the Sharanish battle on the main road between Sharanish and the Takhi plain in Qalat Salman in the Sindi region. It is clear that the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces were always looking for opportunities to deal blows to the Iraqi Army units. On the morning of August 18, 1976, a force of the Iraqi Army fell into an Ambush by a force of the Peshmerga, and fierce fighting broke out between the two sides. After the fighting ended, the Peshmerga Forces were able to inflict heavy damage on the Iraqi Army force, which resulted in the killing of twelve soldiers, and among the dead was an Officer with the rank of Captain, another with the rank of First Lieutenant, and a driver with the rank of Corporal, and there were others among the dead with various ranks, in addition to seizing a number of Kalashnikov-type weapons.[3].

Although such activities carried out by the Peshmerga did not enter the field of liberating an area controlled and clung to, they constituted a blow to the Military Army units within the framework of the revolution's guerrilla warfare activities and the high morale of the Peshmerga Forces in confronting its enemy, and were at the same time a message to the Iraqi regime that the revolution is continuing to defend the rights of the people of Kurdistan.

Sources:   ‌        ‌ 
  1. ‌‌ Ghazi Adel Gardi: A Peshmerga in the Service of Barzani, Volume Two, Second Edition, Turkey- 2021.
  2.  Masoud Barzani: Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume Four, 1975-1990 Gulan Revolution, Part Two, First Edition, Roxana Printing House, 2021.     
  3. Jamal Fathullah Tayeb: The Kurdish Liberation Movement in South Kurdistan 1976-1980, First Edition, Shahab Printing House, Erbil-2012.

[1] Ghazi Adel Gardi: A Peshmerga in the Service of Barzani, Volume Two, Second Edition, Turkey- 2021, p.46.

[2] Jamal Fathullah Tayeb: The Kurdish Liberation Movement in South Kurdistan 1976-1980, First Edition, Shahab Printing House, Erbil-2012, p.11

[3] Masoud Barzani: Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume Four, 1975-1990 Gulan Revolution, Part Two, First Edition, Roxana Printing House, 2021, p.51.