Saddam invades Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War

On 2 August 1990 Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and annexation of Kuwait, claiming it as Iraq's 19th province. A US-led coalition expelled Iraqi forces in the 1991 Gulf War, and the subsequent UN sanctions regime devastated Iraqi society for over a decade. The miscalculation isolated Iraq and set in motion the confrontation that ended in the 2003 US invasion.

Referenced entities

Parties

Ba'ath Party (Iraq)

Politicians

Saddam Hussein head-of-state

Sources

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How to cite

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In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Saddam invades Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4d6b1200-2c37-4e77-8a32-c432bba341fc

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Saddam invades Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4d6b1200-2c37-4e77-8a32-c432bba341fc.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-4d6b1200-2c37-4e77-8a32-c432bba341fc,
  title     = {{Saddam invades Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/4d6b1200-2c37-4e77-8a32-c432bba341fc},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1990-08-02. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1990-08-02. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.