<Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> Invasion of Kuwait 2 -- 4 August 1990 Operation Desert Storm 17 January -- 28 February 1991 ( 1 month , 1 week and 4 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Iraq , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Israel and Persian Gulf </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Coalition victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Iraq expelled from Kuwait </Li> <Li> Kuwaiti monarchy restored </Li> <Li> Destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure </Li> <Li> Failed Shia / Kurdish uprisings against the Iraqi government </Li> <Li> Iraqi Kurdistan obtains autonomy , establishment of the northern Iraq no fly zone by the US </Li> <Li> Saddam Hussein retains power </Li> <Li> UN sanctions against Iraq maintained until 2003 </Li> <Li> United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 establishes cease - fire terms , beginning of the Iraq disarmament controversies </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>
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