When President Donald Trump announced the preliminary peace deal with Iran on June 14, noting, “Let the oil flow,” I breathed a sigh of relief. I don’t know how the deal will play out on a global ...
The Gulf War in 1990–1991 was considered a brief and successful military operation, with few injuries or deaths of US troops. The war began in August 1990, and the last US ground troops returned home ...
During the first Gulf war in 1991, Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait deliberately opened the taps of oil tankers, terminals and a refinery, releasing millions of barrels of crude into the Gulf. It was a ...