Military operation
Open on the mapIraqi rocket attacks on Saudi Arabia
18 Jan 1991 – 26 Feb 1991 · 25.45° N, 48.43° E
What the records say
- When
- 18 Jan 1991 – 26 Feb 1991
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 25.45° N, 48.43° E
- Description
- 1991 Iraqi military operations targeting American bases
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Iraqi strikes on Saudi Arabia
1991 Iraqi military operations targeting American bases
Between 18 January and 26 February 1991, Iraq launched 46 al-Husayn Scud missiles against Saudi Arabian and American military targets in Dhahran and the Saudi capital of Riyadh amidst the Gulf War. Attacks began hours after US General Norman Schwarzkopf emphasized large-scale efforts taken to comb the vast expanses of western Iraq for missile attacks aimed at Israel.
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