1991 in Iraq

none 1991 The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Iraq. Incumbents President: Saddam Hussein Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein (until March) Sa'dun Hammadi (23 March – 13 September) Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (starting September 16) Vice President: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf Taha Yassin Ramadan Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Events thumb|Highway 80 on 18 Apr 1991|180x180px 15 January -The deadline for Iraq compliance with the UN Resolution 678, which stipulated that Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait. Iraq fails to comply.1991-01-17 1991: 'Mother of all Battles' begins https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/17/newsid_2530000/2530375.stm 2025-02-14 en-GB 17 January - Operation Desert storm starts with the American led coalition forces sending hundreds of planes on to carry out around 400 bombing raids into Iraq. 29–30 January - Battle of Khafji, first major ground engagement of the Gulf War. Iraqi tropes captured the city of Khafji on the Kuwaiti - Saudi Arabian border.العاني طه معركة الخفجي 1991.. أول مواجهة برية بين العراق وقوات التحالف https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2021/1/29/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%81%D8%AC%D9%8A-1991-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86 2025-02-14 الجزيرة نت ar 26–27 February-coalition forces airstrikes and ground attacks struck the retreating Iraqi military and some civilians on the road known as Highway 80 between Kuwait City and Basra. The controversial incident is known as the Highway of Death.Hunter Kevin M. WHAT WERE THE MAJOR DRIVERS OF WAR CRIMES IN THE MY LAI MASSACRE, THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH, AND THE EDDIE GALLAGHER INCIDENT? December 2023 Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/72549 en 28 February - Iraq announces it will agree to a ceasefire.Jacobs Richard H. 1991 A Chronology of the Gulf War https://www.jstor.org/stable/41858957?seq=22 Arab Studies Quarterly 13 1/2 143–165 0271-3519 1 March - an uprising in the south and Kurdish regions of Iraq starts in the city of Basra. Date Unknown The University of Babylon is established.الجامعات الحكومية https://mohesr.gov.iq/ar/home/public_universities/2 2025-02-22 mohesr.gov.iqthumb|241x241px|Jalal Hassan Births 27 April - Haidar Raad, Iraqi footballer. 10 May - Yaser Kasim, Iraqi footballer.FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021 https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce14/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf Fifa.org 18 May -Jalal Hassan, Iraqi footballer 18 July - Zuhal Sultan, Iraqi pianist and activists. Date Unknown Faisal Saeed Al Mutar -Iraqi American human-rights activist.thumb|191x191px|Hafidh al-Droubi Ali Ismail Abbas- Iraqi 2003 invasion victim who lost his family and limbs and got heavily featured in the media.Schorn Daniel 2007-05-11 How Ali Beat The Odds - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-ali-beat-the-odds/ 2025-02-15 www.cbsnews.com en-US Deaths 23 January - Hafidh al-Droubi, Iraqi painter (b.1914) قاسم آرام 2024-06-12 بروفايل حافظ الدروبي المعلم الأول للفن التشكيلي العراقي https://channel8.com/arabic/17686 2025-02-15 ar 29 August- Abrahim Jalal, Iraqi actor (b. 1920) إبراهيم جلال - ﺇﺧﺮاﺝ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو https://elcinema.com/person/1013606/#google_vignette 2025-02-14 elCinema.com ar 7 November – Nuri Ja'far, Iraqi psychologist. (b.1914) References 1991 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Iraq Category:1990s in Iraq Category:1991 by country Category:1991 in Asia