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Facts

Also Known As Gulf War
Date January 16, 1991 - February 28, 1991
Location Iraq • Kuwait
Participants Egypt • France • Iraq • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Kingdom • United States

Photos and Videos

Thematic map depicting the Persian Gulf War, showing Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and surrounding countries with key military targets such as weapons plants, nuclear facilities, oil fields, and major air bases. Symbols indicate naval forces in the Persian Gulf, and an inset details coalition and Iraqi troop movements and front lines during the ground attack into Kuwait and southern Iraq.
Saddam Hussein in 1983, wearing a green military uniform and resting his face on his right hand.
Map showing the location of Kuwait in the Middle East, bordered by Iraq and Saudi Arabia and situated along the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. Neighboring countries and major bodies of water, including the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Caspian Sea, and Black Sea, are also labeled for regional context.
Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ
Map of Kuwait showing its borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia, major cities such as Kuwait City, Al-Jahra, and Al-Wafrah, physical features like Kuwait Bay and Ash-Shaqaya Peak, and nearby islands including Bubiyan and Failakah. The Persian Gulf is to the east, and a small inset locator map highlights Kuwait's position in the Middle East.
Persian Gulf War
George H.W. Bush and Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ
Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War
Witness U.S. Pres. George H.W. Bush addressing Congress after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
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Key People

George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
president of United States
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
Saddam Hussein sits behind a wooden barrier in an Iraqi courtroom, holding a yellow paper and listening during a legal proceeding.
Saddam Hussein
president of Iraq
Hafiz al-Assad, President of Syria, shown in a black-and-white headshot wearing a suit and patterned tie, photographed in 1980.
Hafez al-Assad
president of Syria
Wolfowitz, Paul
Paul Wolfowitz
United States government official
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
American military officer and statesman
Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ
Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ
emir of Kuwait
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
Norman Schwarzkopf
United States general
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
Fahd of Saudi Arabia
king of Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar wearing a white thobe and black-and-gold bisht, with a black agal securing his head covering.
Sheikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani
emir of Qatar

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