Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga yakarongerwa 1996, mitambo yakadzoserwa kumashure nekuda kwekuedza kuvakazve mushure mehondo neIsrael <unk> kuyedza kwakazove kwakakanganiswa neOperation Grapes of Wrath, iyo yakanangana nenzvimbo muBeirut gore rakapfuura. Vatambi veIraqi havana kukwikwidza kechipiri vachimhanya, nekuda kwekushorwa kwenharaunda yekupinda kwavo muKuwait
. Pamitambo yacho, kuongororwa kwezvinodhaka kwakabuda zvakanaka kune vamwe vatambi <unk> kokutanga pamakwikwi. Somugumisiro wokurongazve, misi yemitambo yakaderera yakatarisana neyeMitambo yeMediterranean ya1997. Mitambo yenguva yemberi yePan Arab yakarongerwa gore risati rasvika maOlympics ezhizha kuti vadzivise kurwisana kwakafanana kwezviitiko zvematunhu, izvo zvinopindwa nenyika dzinoverengeka dzakafanana. Zuva rokutanga remitambo rakakanganiswa nokurambwa kwevatambi vana (vanobva kuMorocco neAlgeria), avo vakanga vasundidzirana.