Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuva akabatanidzwa neIraq munguva yeIran-Iraq Hondo (kunyanya nemhaka yokuda kudzivirirwa kweIraq kubva kuIran), Kuwait yakanga iri
rakapindirwa ndokubatanidzwa neIraq (pasi paSaddam Hussein) muna August 1990. Kururamiswa kukuru kwaHussein kwaisanganisira mhosva yokuti ndima yeKuwaiti yakanga iri dunhu reIraq, uye kuti kubatanidzwa kwacho kwaiva kutsiva kwe"hondo yezvemari" Kuwait yakanga yaita kuburikidza nekudonha kunopinza mumigove yemafuta eIraq. Umambo hwakadzingwa pashure pokubatanidzwa, uye gavhuna weIraq akagadzwa.