Kuwait paid tribute to former US president George H.W. Bush on Saturday, saying his support during the first Gulf War “will not be forgotten ... Lights at the landmark Kuwait Towers were set to be ...

it clearly stands out not only because of its height but as a symbol of rebirth and independence following the devastating nine-month war that Kuwait and its people endured. The Liberation Tower ...

Kuwaitis intend to remember him as the hero who had a vital role in expelling the Iraqi forces from Kuwait in the aftermath of Gulf War in 1991. On Saturday evening, Kuwaitis have seen Bush photos ...

The first Persian Gulf War ended ... debt from an eight-year war with Iran that had ended in 1988. That summer, Hussein massed troops along his country's border with Kuwait. Still, U.S ...

2 August: Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, taking the emirate in one day. The BBC's John Simpson says the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is "by far the strongest leader in the region". In his report he ...

Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war. Whatever we call it now, it was the war which expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, checked a decade of Saddam Hussein ...

Gulf War mines continue to haunt Kuwait's landscape. KUWAIT CITY, Nov 28, (Agencies): Decades after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990-1991, the specter of landmines continues to haunt the Gulf emirate, ...

Saddam’s inflammatory rhetoric was closely followed by the massing of Iraqi troops along its shared border with Kuwait. The ensuing First Gulf War would serve as the first major international ...

Kuwait paid tribute to former US president George H.W. Bush on Saturday, saying his support during the first Gulf War "will not be ... Lights at the landmark Kuwait Towers were set to be shut ...

However, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates refused to cancel the debt, leading Saddam to begin threatening attacks, which eventually turned into a full-scale war. During the Gulf War ...