Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - mamaye Kuwait da kuma hadewa da Iraqi
ya faru a ranar 2 ga Agusta 1990. Babban hujjar shugaban Iraqi Saddam Hussein ya hada da zargin cewa yankin Kuwaiti a zahiri lardin Iraqi ne, kuma cewa hadewa shine ramuwar gayya ga "yakin tattalin arziki" Kuwait ta yi ta hanyar hakowa ta hanyar hakowa a cikin wadatar man fetur na Iraqi. Duk da haka, an yi iƙirarin cewa asalin casus belli shine goyon baya ga tawayen Kuwaiti. An sanya wani shugaban marigayi mai goyon bayan Iraqi mai suna Alaa Hussein Ali a matsayin shugaban "Gwamnatin wucin gadi na Kuwait mai 'yanci". Iraki ta haɗu da Kuwait a ranar 8 ga watan Agusta. Yakin ya kasance abin takaici ga jama'ar Kuwait. An hukunta masu adawa ta karkashin kasa ta hanyar kisa da azabtarwa. Kusan dukkan 'yan Kuwaiti a lokacin sun rasa wani danginsu. Bugu da ƙari, rabin jama'ar, 'yan ƙasar da kuma waɗanda aka haifa a wasu ƙasashe sun gudu.