Contemporary era · 1990 – 1991
Invasion and liberation of Kuwait
Iraq invades Kuwait on 2 August 1990. A US-led coalition liberates the country on 26 February 1991.
- When
- 1990 – 1991
- Where
- Kuwait
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
History of Kuwaitc. 1700 – todayGulf War1990 – 1991Iraq2,350 BCE – todayIsrael1,457 BCE – todaySaudi Arabia494 CE – todayKuwait633 CE – today
People
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George H. W. Bush1924 – 201841st President of the United States (1989–1993)
Saddam Hussein1937 – 2006Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
Hosni Mubarak1928 – 2020President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia1924 – 2015King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 (1924–2015).jpg/330px-AbdelFattah_Elsisi_(cropped).jpg)
Abdel Fattah el-Sisib. 1954President of Egypt since 2014
Hafez al-Assad1930 – 2000President of Syria from 1971 to 2000
Colin Powell1937 – 2021American general and diplomat (1937–2021)
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud1921 – 2005King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005
Before and after
Sources: Gulf War, حرب الخليج الثانية
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