Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma1980, Saudi Arabia yakashandisa madhora mabhiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu mukutsigira Saddam Hussein muhondo yeIran neIraq. Zvisinei, Saudi Arabia yakashora kupindirwa kweKuwait neIraq muna 1990
uye akakumbira US kupindira. Mambo Fahd akabvumira mauto eAmerica neezvimwe zvikwata kuti agare muSaudi Arabia. Akakoka hurumende yeKuwait uye vagari vayo vakawanda kuti vagare muSaudi Arabia, asi akadzinga vagari veYemen neJordani nekuda kwekutsigira kwehurumende dzavo kuIraq. Muna 1991, mauto eSaudi Arabia akabatanidzwa mukurwisa mabhomba muIraq uye mukupinda munyika uko kwakabatsira kusunungura Kuwait.