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After the withdrawal of these forces and officials, old territorial claims and suppressed tribal animosities resurfaced. The concept of the modern state — introduced into the Persian Gulf region by the European powers — and the sudden importance of boundaries to define ownership of oil deposits kindled acute territorial disputes. [1]
The war is also known under other names, such as the Second Gulf War (not to be confused with the 2003 Iraq War, also referred to as such [27]), Persian Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War [28] [29] [30] [b] before the term "Iraq War" became identified with the 2003 Iraq War (also known in the US as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [31]
On 23 January, Iraq dumped 400 million US gallons (1,500,000 m 3) of crude oil into the Persian Gulf [40], causing the largest offshore oil spill in history at that time. [39] It was reported as a deliberate natural resources attack to keep U.S. Marines from coming ashore ( Missouri and Wisconsin had shelled Failaka Island during the war to ...
An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Persian Gulf poses an early challenge to a Chinese-brokered agreement to reconcile regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia and neighboring ...
The air and small-boat attacks did little damage to Persian Gulf state economies, and Iran moved its shipping port to Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. [156] The Iranian Navy imposed a naval blockade of Iraq, using its British-built frigates to stop and inspect any ships thought to be trading with Iraq. They operated with virtual impunity ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Middle East Countries (2018) Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, North Cyprus *, Oman, Palestine *, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria (DFNS), Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen *Not a UN member This is a list of modern conflicts ensuing in the geographic ...
The capture of Baghdad by the Ottoman Empire in 1534 gave Turkey access to the Indian Ocean via the port of Basra at the head of the Persian Gulf. This coincided with the early mapmaking efforts of Gerard Mercator, whose 1541 terrestrial globe attempts to give the most up-to-date information, naming the gulf Sinus Persicus, nunc Mare de Balsera ("Persian Gulf, now Sea of Basra"). [14]
On the day of the 2001 terrorist attacks, senior Bush Administration personnel gathered in the President?s Emergency Operations Center beneath the White House.