Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekubatana neIraq panguva yeIran-Iraq Hondo (zvikurukuru nekuda kwekuda kudzivirirwa kweIraq kubva kuIran), Kuwait yakapinda
uye yakabatanidzwa 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.