After the setback of the Aylul Revolution, the Ba'athist regime mobilized all its military capabilities to prevent the resumption of the revolution and put an end to the activities of the Peshmerga. Therefore, it chose several means, including deploying the army in Kurdistan, arming the hired Kurds and traitors, searching for the Peshmerga, and many other things. In order to thwart this dream of the Ba'ath regime, the leadership of the revolution and the Peshmerga forces during the Gulan Revolution were more involved in the guerrilla confrontation. The Peshmerga forces would approach various areas of the military and security Headquarters of the Ba'ath regime for any reason, launch an attack, carry out their activities within a certain period of time, and then leave the area, which caused confusion and harassment to the government military and security apparatuses for a period of time.

Often, a group of Peshmerga would secretly descend into the depths of the Ba'ath regime's positions to identify the location of the operation and then return, plan the attack, and carry out the operation, such as what happened in May 1985 when the Ranjbaran organization formed a team of five Peshmerga under the supervision of Ismail Sifo and headed to the Majuliya area in Seri Sanati to identify a suitable location to carry out a Peshmerga activity, because the Peshmerga forces during the Gulan Revolution era had been organized within the framework of a party organization in branches, locals, and organizations. After a day and a night, the Peshmerga team returned and identified the location of the Iraqi Army Headquarters in Seri Sanati as a first step in the plan to carry out the operation.

After receiving the information, the aforementioned organization met with the Peshmerga led by Muhammad Murad, informed them of the operation plan, then began preparing and headed to the target. Within 12 hours of crossing the road secretly and without the knowledge of any military and intelligence apparatuses belonging to the Ba'ath regime, they arrived at Seri Sanati near the Iraqi Army company Headquarters. When darkness fell, it was time for the Peshmerga to carry out what they had planned. The second plan of the operation was to allocate a number of Peshmerga who were skilled in mine clearance to remove and defuse the mines around the outpost and facilitate the passage of the Peshmerga. After more than an hour, they successfully achieved the operation and returned to their commanders and fellow Peshmerga.

The third plan of the operation was to distribute the Peshmerga forces into several groups or teams, each group to attack a military Headquarters from one point. The first group consisted of seven Peshmerga led by Muhammad Murad to attack from the east, the second group consisted of five Peshmerga led by Ismail Sifo from the northern side, and the third group consisted of seven Peshmerga with Abdulkarim Farhan for the southern side. They were tasked with approaching the outpost and starting the attack at the same time. Each group of Peshmerga was given an RPG and five shells along with their light weapons, and they arrived at their designated places at 11:30.

The attack began with the Peshmerga of the eastern wing firing the first RPG shell at the outpost, which led to the destruction of part of its wall. Then the Peshmerga forces launched an attack on the upper and lower wings, and the Peshmerga attacked the outpost from three sides. A fierce battle lasted for half an hour with hand grenades and weapons, and the Peshmerga were able to seize the outpost and kill a number of soldiers within a short time. In return, the number of Peshmerga casualties was 10 wounded. After the success of the operation, they decided to retreat and return to their Headquarters in Haftanin, and doctors and medicines were secured to treat and care for the wounded by the Zakho local committee.

In this operation, the Peshmerga seized an 82mm mortar and another 60mm mortar with 20 boxes of various shells, a pistol, a PKC machine gun with 5 boxes of the same type of Ammunition, 7 Kalashnikov weapons with a large number of ammunition, four RPG shells, and 15 other shells. A Tariq-type pistol and a large quantity of hand grenades and military equipment were also seized.

  Sources:

1- Masoud Barzani, Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Volume Four, 1975-1990 Gulan Revolution, Part Two, First Edition, (Ruxana Printing House - 2021).

2- Muhammad Murad, Khabata Chia, Memoirs and Stories of the Gulan Revolution between the years (1976-1989), (Kurdistan Printing House - Zakho - 2007).

3- Ghazi Adil Gardi, A Peshmerga in the Service of the Barzani Path, Haji Birokhi, Volume Two, (Second Edition - Turkey - 2021).