Recent military operations Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia

1 recent military operations

1.1 persian gulf war
1.2 operation southern watch
1.3 shia insurgency in yemen

recent military operations
the persian gulf war

desert storm, 1991 liberation of kuwait , military invasion of iraq, launched saudi territory , saudi forces participated in operation

when iraq invaded saudi arabia s northern neighbor kuwait in 1990, saudi arabia requested deployment of u.s. troops within country deter further aggression. saudi forces participated in subsequent operation desert storm: saudi pilots flew more 7,000 sorties , saudi troops took part in battles around saudi town of ra?s al-khafji.

operation southern watch

since persian gulf war, united states stationed 5,000 troops in saudi arabia, figure rose 10,000 during 2003 conflict in iraq. operation southern watch enforced no-fly zones on southern iraq set after 1991, well, country s oil exports through shipping lanes of persian gulf protected united states fifth fleet based in bahrain. conducted joint task force southwest asia (jtf-swa) mission of monitoring , controlling airspace south of 32nd parallel (extended 33rd parallel in 1996) in iraq, following 1991 persian gulf war until 2003 invasion of iraq.

this 1 of stated motivations behind september 11th terrorist attacks, khobar towers bombing. bin laden interpreted islamic prophet, muhammad banning permanent presence of infidels in arabia . u.s. troops in saudi arabia served provoke skirmishes between iraq , united states between both persian gulf wars.

shia insurgency in yemen

on 5 november 2009, royal saudi land forces launched sweeping ground offensive against yemen s shiite houthi rebels after crossed saudi border in order outflank yemeni army, had launched military campaign against houthis control , pacify northern yemeni mountains, , killed 2 saudi border guards. saudi forces relied heavily on air power , artillery soften rebels without risking men. saudi army lost 133 soldiers in fighting against rebels, of casualties occurring when ground forces tried move areas had been softened shelling. raised alarms across sunni arab world iran supporting yemeni rebels .