Yakin Gulf , rikici tsakanin Iraki da kawancen kasashe 42 karkashin jagorancin Amurka , ya kunno kai a manyan matakai guda biyu: Operation Garkuwan Desert da Operation Desert Storm.Operation Desert Shield ya fara ne a watan Agustan 1990 a matsayin ginin soji kuma ya koma Operation Desert Storm tare da wani harin bam ta sama a ranar 17 ga Janairu 1991. Yaƙin ya ƙare a cikin 'Yancin Kuwait a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu 1991.Harin da Iraqi ta yi wa Kuwait a ranar 2 ga Agustan 1990, wanda ya haifar da mamayenta gaba daya a cikin kwanaki biyu, ya haifar da rikici.Da farko Iraki ta kafa gwamnatin 'yar tsana, "Jamhuriyar Kuwait," kafin ta hade Kuwait.Haɗin kai ya raba Kuwait kashi biyu: " Gundumar Saddamiyat al-Mitla " da "Gwamnan Kuwait."Gwagwarmayar tattalin arzikin Iraki ne ya jagoranci mamayewa, musamman rashin iya biyan bashin dala biliyan 14 ga Kuwait daga yakin Iran -Iraki.Kara yawan man da Kuwait ta yi, wanda ya zarce adadin OPEC, ya kara dagula tattalin arzikin Iraki ta hanyar rage farashin mai a duniya.Iraki na kallon ayyukan Kuwait a matsayin yakin tattalin arziki, wanda ya kai ga mamayewa.Kasashen duniya da suka hada da kwamitin sulhu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNSC) sun yi tir da matakin na Iraki.Kudirin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai lamba 660 da 661 ya sanyawa Iraki takunkumin tattalin arziki.Amurka, karkashin Shugaba George HW Bush, da Birtaniya, karkashin Firayim Minista Margaret Thatcher, sun tura dakaru zuwa Saudi Arabia, suna kira ga sauran kasashe su yi haka.Wannan ya kai ga kafa babban kawancen soja, mafi girma tun bayan yakin duniya na biyu , tare da gagarumar gudunmawa daga Amurka, Saudiyya , Birtaniya , daMasar .Saudiyya da gwamnatin Kuwaiti da ke gudun hijira sun ba da wani kaso mai tsoka na kudaden kawancen.Kudirin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai lamba 678, wanda aka zartar a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba 1990, ya baiwa Iraki wa'adin har zuwa 15 ga Janairun 1991 ta janye daga Kuwait, tare da ba da izinin "dukkan hanyoyin da suka dace" bayan wa'adin tilastawa Iraki fita.Hadaddiyar kungiyar ta fara kai hare-hare ta sama da na ruwa a ranar 17 ga Janairun 1991, wanda ya ci gaba har tsawon makonni biyar.A cikin wannan lokaci, Iraki ta kaddamar da hare-haren makamai masu linzami kan Isra'ila, da fatan tada hankalin Isra'ila wanda zai wargaza kawancen.Duk da haka, Isra'ila ba ta mayar da martani ba, kuma kawancen ya ci gaba da kasancewa.Har ila yau Iraqi ta kai hari kan dakarun hadin gwiwa a Saudiyya da karancin nasara.A ranar 24 ga Fabrairun 1991, kawancen ya kaddamar da wani gagarumin hari ta kasa a Kuwait, tare da 'yantar da shi cikin sauri tare da shiga cikin kasar Iraki.An ayyana tsagaita bude wuta sa'o'i dari bayan fara kai hare-hare ta kasa.Yaƙin Gulf ya yi fice saboda watsa labarai kai tsaye daga sahun gaba, musamman ta CNN, wanda ya sa aka yi masa lakabi da "Yaƙin Wasan Bidiyo" saboda hotuna da aka watsa daga kyamarori a kan masu bama-bamai na Amurka.Yakin ya kunshi wasu manyan fadace-fadacen tankokin yaki a tarihin sojojin Amurka.