Kuwait Entertainment City Kuwait Entertainment City Kuwait Entertainment City (Arabic: مدينة الكويت الترفيهية) is an amusement park located in the western outskirts of Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait. It first opened on and is one of several entertainment properties run by the Kuwait-based Touristic Enterprises Company. Some of the park's attractions, such as its large Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster and its narrow gauge railway, are common features in large-scale amusement parks in the United States, but are very rare in amusement parks in the Middle East. Starting on 6 June 2016, the park temporarily closed for renovations. The Arab World
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