This story originally published on Aug. 3, 1990. It is being republished as part of the commemoration of USA TODAY's 40th anniversary on Sept. 15, 2022. The "butcher of Baghdad,'' by bullying his way ...

Workers stayed home and Ramadan prayers were cancelled in Kuwait on Monday as the tiny Gulf emirate was left on edge following Iranian attacks that marked its biggest upheaval in decades. Home to a ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the United States and other countries launched military operations known as Operation ...

KUWAIT (Reuters) - OPEC member Kuwait plans to launch a project to clean up what it calls "oil lakes", referring to ground contamination resulting from crude spills during the Iraqi invasion of the ...

WASHINGTON - Even without the use of Saudi Arabia's vast desert expanses to launch a ground invasion of Iraq, the U.S. military would have plenty of room to operate from tiny Kuwait and elsewhere, ...

After nearly a decade of combat, Iraq was amidst economic turmoil and its military forces had been badly mauled. Despite this fact, only two weeks after dissolving the conflict with Iran’s leadership, ...