The role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990

Abstract

After an eight-year war with Iran, Iraq found that it did not reap any strategic gains after that war, in addition to a huge economic loss and a stifling economic crisis as a result of the deterioration of oil prices in the global market, and Iraq accused the Gulf states of being involved in an international conspiracy targeting Iraq, especially those countries. It is Kuwait, which is characterized by an unstable relationship with Iraq as a result of the bilateral border problems between the two countries. After 1988, the signs of the crisis between Iraq and Kuwait began to loom on the horizon. In this research, we will address the role of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in trying to improve the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait through diplomatic means and reach satisfactory settlements for both parties after the emerging crisis between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990, before the situation developed for an Iraqi invasion and a comprehensive annexation of the State of Kuwait, the position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the invasion of Iraq the Kuwaiti lands, the mobilization of international armies in the territory of the Kingdom. and the intensification of efforts at all diplomatic and personal levels, coinciding with Iraq’s refusal to withdraw from Kuwait and the end operation expel the Iraqi forces from Kuwait . key words: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Saddam Hussein