The twenty-seventh anniversary of the martyrdom of the fighter Mahmoud Haj Hussein

ARK News... Thursday, 26-01-2023, passed the 27th anniversary of the martyrdom of Mahmoud Haj Hussein, one of the Kurdish fighters and national figures who had a prominent role in serving the Kurdish cause and Barzani's immortal approach for decades, in an organized crime that is considered one of the most heinous crimes the political assassination of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Syrian Kurdistan.

The martyr Mahmoud Hussein Mahmi, known as Mahmoud Haj Hussein "Hasoud", was born in 1952, in the village of Hasoud in the countryside of the city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan. He is married and has 13 children.

His struggle
The brave fighter Mahmoud Haj Hussein began political work and affiliated with the Party in 1965, and worked with all sincerity and dedication within the ranks of the Party. The fighter spared no effort in that and was subjected to a lot of harassment by the Syrian regime and its tools and mercenaries in the region, without those pressures and intimidation affecting his faith, principles, and political struggle.

Martyr Mahmoud Haj Hussein was included in the ranks of the Party until he was honored as a member of the party's Branch Council.

During the outbreak of the uprising of the Kurdish people in southern Kurdistan in 1991, against the dictatorship and tyranny that existed under the rule of the ruling Baath Party in Iraq at the time, the martyr Mahmoud and several young men from his village (Hasoud) worked among the patriots and comrades of the Party, in addition to his companions from the advanced Party cadres secretly complete collection of donations in the village and all the neighboring villages, the "Sanjak" region, the countryside of Qamishlo and Derik, and they were delivered to the Kurdistan Region to support the revolution that culminated in victory over tyranny and injustice.

When President Masoud Barzani visited the Syrian capital, Damascus, the martyr Mahmoud was with several comrades and cadres from the Party in his reception, and they met President Barzani.

During that period in which the martyr Mahmoud played a prominent role in serving the Kurdish cause and supporting the revolution, he became targeted by the enemies of the Kurds from the authorities of the Syrian repressive regime and its tools in the regions of Syrian Kurdistan, and at that time he was subjected to pressure and intimidation and several attempts to assassinate him, and many comrades were also targeted train him.

What are the details of the crime?
On the 17th of December 1995, and in the most heinous crime of the PKK in Syrian Kurdistan, gunmen from the PKK attacked the house of the martyr Mahmoud at a time when everyone was asleep and infiltrated his room and he was subjected to 3 blows with a machete and clubs on his head while he was sleeping with the intention of killing him and they ran away.

After his family learned of this heinous crime and with the help of his comrades and the people of the village, he was transferred to Qamishlo National Hospital, and due to the seriousness of his health condition, he was transferred to Hasakah National Hospital, and there he was also subjected to another assassination attempt after the criminals and killers knew that he was still alive, but it failed after it was exposed.

After 40 days of struggle with death, the martyr Mahmoud Hussein Mahmi lost his life and was martyred on the 26th of January 1996, and his body was buried in his village.

This crime is considered one of the most heinous crimes of the PKK against fighters and activists in Syrian Kurdistan and is part of a systematic series of assassinations.

With the martyrdom of Mahmoud Mahmi, Al-Barti, the Kurdish School, and the Kurdish movement in Syrian Kurdistan lost a brave and solid fighter who devoted most of his life to serving his people and his cause, and criminals and murderers are still free, and PKK mercenaries and PYD militants are still practicing political assassination, kidnapping, and intimidation against Kurdish activists and activists.

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