HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Syria
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Egypt
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Saudi Arabia
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Kuwait
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Detailed explanation-1: -But on August 2, 1990, a force of one hundred thousand Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait and overran the country in a matter of hours.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 39-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Detailed explanation-3: -These countries-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates-have by far the most extensive oil reserves in the world, rivaled only by Iraq and Iran, and the ability to expand production capacities to meet growing world demand.
Detailed explanation-4: -25 years later, Gulf War still shapes tiny, oil-rich Kuwait | Al Arabiya English.
Detailed explanation-5: -After Iraqi forces invaded and annexed Kuwait and Saddam Hussein deposed the Emir of Kuwait, Jaber Al-Sabah, he installed Ali Hassan al-Majid as the new governor of Kuwait. The Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait was unanimously condemned by all major world powers.