Gulf Road (Kuwait) Gulf Road (Kuwait) The "Arabian Gulf Road" (), commonly referred to simply as Gulf Road () is the most prominent road in Kuwait, located in the capital of the country, Kuwait City. It was named as such as it coasts the Persian Gulf (and the smaller body of Kuwait Bay within it) in all of its distance due to its semi-circular shape. Most of the prominent Kuwait City landmarks are located on the Gulf Road. Those include, but are not limited to, Kuwait Towers, Kuwait National Assembly, Kuwait Stock Exchange, Kuwait Opera House, Dasman Palace, Seef Palace, The Scientific Centre
Invasion of Kuwait is also a very strong US civilian presence with an estimated 18,000 American children in Kuwait being taught by 625 US teachers. Invasion of Kuwait The Invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 was a two-day operation conducted by Iraq against the neighboring state of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of the country. This invasion and Iraq's subsequent refusal to withdraw from Kuwait by a deadline mandated by the United Nations led to military intervention by a United Nations-authorized coalition of forces led by the United States. These events came to be known as the first Gulf