Commemorating the annual martyrdom of the Peshmerga, Bassam Khalaf

Commemorating the annual martyrdom of the Peshmerga, Bassam Khalaf

Jan 08 2023

ARK News... In the presence of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Martyrs' Families Foundation and the local council of the Kurdish National Council in Girê Lage, and on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the martyrdom of Bassam Muhammad Khalaf, the Peshmerga family commemorated the eighth anniversary of his martyrdom.

The commemoration ceremony took place by visiting the shrine of the martyr in the village of Girziarati Joli of the town of Girke Lage in the Derik city of Syrian Kurdistan, where the Kurdish flag and pictures of the martyr were raised and Al-Fatihah was read on the soul of the martyr.

The Peshmerga: Bassam Khalaf, Basil Haji, Ghamgin Qadri, and Amgiyan Badini were martyred on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at the Al-Kharayej School in Tal Afar while they were participating in the war against ISIS in the Kurdistan Region.

The ISIS terrorist group targeted the Peshmerga forces on Wednesday 7-1-2015 by detonating a "Hummer military" vehicle at the entrance to one of the Peshmerga forces gathering points in (Bar Hiyo Village) in Tal Afar, which resulted in the martyrdom of 4 Roj Peshmerga.

The martyrs are:

1 - The Peshmerga martyr (Bassam Muhammad Khalaf) from Girziyarat Jolly - Derik city, Syrian Kurdistan.

2- The Peshmerga martyr (Basil Haji Haji), from the village of Tal Khan, in the Derik region of Syrian Kurdistan.

3- The martyr Peshmerga (Ghamgin Qadri Othman), from the village of Derona Qulinga - Derik city, Syrian Kurdistan.

4 - The martyr Peshmerga Amgiyan Mustafa Badini from Hasaka (Mufti neighborhood) in Syrian Kurdistan.

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