Kuwait Liberation Day

This day marks the day when Kuwait was liberated from Iraqi occupation in 1991. On 2nd August 1990, following a dispute over revenue from an oil field, Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait and Iraq started bombing Kuwait City. By the 8th August, the Kuwati government had been replaced by an Iraqi governor. There was international outrage at the invasion. The UN Security Council gave Iraq a deadline of 15th January 1991 to withdraw from Kuwait. The deadline passed and the U.S. coalition forces began their assault on the Iraqi forces on 17th January, known as Operation Desert Storm. The Iraqi forces were unable to resist the coalition forces, the ground war lasting only four days and the Iraqi tanks left Kuwait on 26th February 1991.