Middle East Conflict Almanac | The Gulf Wars

• Controlling the flow of oil
• The first Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm
• Iraqi strike
• Coalition attacks
• Aftermath: a decade of tension
• The second Gulf War
• Sanctions Left After War
• The implications of the second Gulf War
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Of the many conflicts that have divided the Middle East since 1918, two have received the bulk of public attention in the West (countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Canada, and the United States). The first is the long-standing conflict between Jews and Arabs over control of the...