Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1980s, Saudi Arabiya ta kashe dala biliyan 25 don tallafawa Saddam Hussein a yakin Iran-Irak. Koyaya, Saudi Arabiya ta la'anci mamayar Iraqi a Kuwait a 1990
kuma ya nemi Amurka ta shiga tsakani. Sarki Fahd ya ba da izinin dakarun Amurka da na kawance su kasance a Saudiyya. Ya gayyaci gwamnatin Kuwait da yawancin 'yan kasarta su zauna a Saudiyya, amma ya kori' yan kasar Yemen da Jordan saboda goyon bayan gwamnatocin su na Iraqi. A 1991, sojojin Saudiyya sun shiga cikin hare-haren bam a kan Iraki da kuma mamayewar ƙasa wanda ya taimaka wajen 'yantar da Kuwait.