Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kweKuwait uye kubatanidzwa neIraq
kwakaitika musi wa2 August 1990. Kururamisa kukuru kwomutungamiri weIraq Saddam Hussein kwaibatanidza mhosva yokuti ndima yeKuwaiti yakanga iri muruwa rweIraq, uye kuti kubatanidzwa kwacho kwaiva kutsiva kwe"hondo yezvemari" iyo Kuwait yakanga yaita kupfurikidza nokuchera kunotsvedza mumigove yemafuta eIraq. Zvisinei, chikonzero chokutanga chokurwisana chakanzi chaiva kutsigira kupandukira kweKuwaiti. Mutungamiri anotsigirwa neIraq anonzi Alaa Hussein Ali akagadzwa somutungamiriri we"Hurumende Yenguva Duku yeKuwait Yakasununguka". Iraq yakabatanidza Kuwait musi wa8 August. Hondo yacho yakanga ichirwadza vanhu vokuKuwait. Kuramba kwaiitwa pasi pevhu kwakarangwa nokuurayiwa nokukurumidza uye kutambudzwa. Vanodokuva vaKuwaiti vose panguva iyoyo vakarasikirwa nomumwe mutezo wemhuri. Mukuwedzera, hafu yavagari vemo, vose vari vaviri vomunzvimbomo navakaberekerwa kunze kwenyika vakatiza.