Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Agustan 1990, sojojin Iraki sun mamaye kuma sun haɗa
Kuwait ce. Bayan jerin tattaunawar diflomasiyya da suka gaza, Amurka ta jagoranci kawance don cire sojojin Iraqi daga Kuwait, a cikin abin da aka sani da Yakin Gulf. A ranar 26 ga Fabrairun 1991, gamayyar ta yi nasarar fitar da sojojin Iraqi. Yayin da suka ja da baya, sojojin Iraqi sun aiwatar da manufofin ƙone ƙasa ta hanyar ƙona rijiyoyin mai. A lokacin mamayar Iraqi, an kashe fararen hula Kuwaiti fiye da 1,000. Bugu da kari, sama da 'yan Kuwaiti 600 ne suka bace a lokacin mamayar Iraki; an sami ragowar kimanin 375 a cikin kaburburan jama'a a Iraki.