Ashqi Arab joined the ranks of the Peshmerga forces immediately after the announcement of the Aylul Revolution on 11 September 1961 under Haris Bidaruni and accompanied the immortal Barzani on Mount Pires. In Year 1962, he crossed with the immortal Barzani to Soran and Balak, and Ashqi Arab headed to Balak and Pishdar with his forces led by Haris Badaruni during the attack on the Rayat fortress by the Peshmerga forces. He was among the support forces on Mount Halkurd to prevent the advance of the Iraqi Army and mercenary gunmen to break the siege of the Peshmerga forces on the Rayat fortress. In the same year, he returned to Sirishma and from there to Mount Bradost and Barzan. In Year 1963, he participated in the battles to repel attacks on the region, and as a result, the enemy was forced to retreat. In the same year, he returned to Soran with the forces of Haris Bidaruni and Barzani and remained on the battle fronts until Year 1965. In the same year, he was transferred to the Political Bureau and was entrusted with the management of the guard of the revolution protection department which Masoud Barzani was responsible for, and he continued in this task until Year 1974, after which he was appointed commander of the first battalion.
After the setback of the Aylul Revolution in Year 1975, he was initially in the Rabat complex in the Sardasht region, then headed to Naghadeh and became a guard for the house of the immortal Barzani. He joined the Gulan Revolution in Year 1979 within the Barzan forces and returned to Ziveh and accompanied Dr. Saeed Ahmed Nadir to Bidar and Katina and they deployed forces there, and from there directed painful blows to the regime's forces and positions through mobile detachments. In Year 1988, he moved his headquarters to Hayat and Wadi Rash, and after the infamous Anfal attacks and chemical attacks in Badinan, he returned to East Kurdistan. During his presence in the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces, he participated in dozens of battles, including the battles of Mount Barziwah in the Balak region in Year 1964, Mount Piran in Year 1984, and the battles of Mount Warti and Darbi and Rawanduz. He was wounded in Year 1995. His father and one of his brothers were martyred in Year 1937 in the Battle of Mount Bidarun, and his other brother was martyred in Year 1988 behind the village of Kakala in the Mergasor region. He was awarded the Immortal Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani at the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 2010. He now holds the rank of Colonel and continues his struggle in the ranks of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Army.
Source:1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.