Iraq is still fully stationed in Kuwait. The allied troops attacks Kuwait from bases in Saudi Arabia and in the Persian Gulf . Kuwait City is freed. By this time tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers have surrendered. As the Iraqi troops were forced to pull out of Kuwait, they looted Kuwaiti property as well as set fire to a majority of the oil wells of the country.
Provisional truce is accepted by Iraqi representatives.
In the coming years, UN observers faces great difficulties in monitoring Iraqi compliance to this agreement. US troops had, after returning to USA, been complaining over unexplainable symptoms and ailments. Czech and French military had reported chemical finds during the first 2 weeks of the war, reports that the US defence have questioned. The revenues that are allocated to Iraq will be used on food and medicine.