Operation Desert Storm was 10 seconds away. Tom O’Neal was about to fire the first shot in the war that would end Saddam ...

Operation Desert Storm began Jan. 17, 1991, after Iraqi forces who had invaded neighboring Kuwait refused to withdraw. The conflict is now commonly known as the Gulf War.. Here are six important ...

Kuwait currency is 100% gold-backed, and the ruler keeps a reserve of $2 billion in British banks. There is nothing else to do with the money as Kuwait’s development has already surged far ahead ...

Iraq occupied Kuwait between August 1990 and January 1991 — and it was brutal. In that time, the Iraqi forces committed at least sixteen crimes against the Laws of Armed Conflict as outlined in ...

The Kuwait Oil Company declared a "state of emergency" Monday over an oil spill on land, in an incident decried by environmental activists as a "recurring problem" in the energy-rich Gulf state.

Kuwait: Desert Democracy. 2 minute read. ... Everyone knew that Kuwait was ruled by Sheik Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 51, who became the Amir when his brother died a little over a year ago.

A Connecticut senator who was stuck in Iraq since last week after Israel launched an attack on Iran is back home. Sen. Saud ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tiny, oil-rich Kuwait on Sunday instituted rolling blackouts in several residential neighborhoods despite high summertime temperatures in the desert emirate.

The Kuwait Oil Company declared a "state of emergency" Monday over an oil spill on land, in an incident decried by environmental activists as a "recurring problem" in the energy-rich Gulf state.The ...