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France, the United Kingdom, and United States used Resolution 688 to establish Iraqi no-fly zones to protect humanitarian operations in Iraq, though the resolution made no explicit reference to no-fly zones.
The Iraqi no-fly zones conflict was a low-level conflict in the two no-fly zones (NFZs) in Iraq that were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France after the Gulf War of 1991. The United States stated that the NFZs were intended to protect the ethnic Kurdish minority in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south.
Jul 1, 2002 · Policy Analysis. PolicyWatch 632. U.S. No-Fly Zones in Iraq: To What End? Jul 1, 2002. Brief Analysis. Since 1991, the United States has averaged over 34,000 military sorties per year in support of no-fly zone operations in Iraq. One might ask, to what effect? Degrading Saddam's Capabilities.
Mar 24, 2003 · Specifically, coalition air forces have long engaged in large-scale activities in Iraq's no-fly and no-augmentation zones, flying as many as 1,000 sorties per day -- substantially more than the 700 sorties flown during the first day of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Background.
May 28, 2021 · In response, the United States, United Kingdom, and France launched Operation Provide Comfort (OPC) in April 1991 to establish and enforce a no-fly zone over northern Iraq, protecting the...
Jan 14, 2019 · Although the Western airpower adventure over Iraq resulted in a failure of coercive diplomacy and subsequent ground force invasion, the two no-fly zones over the rogue state succeeded in adapting to multiple and shifting political objectives across multiple U.S. presidential administrations.
Iraqgate 1982– c. 1990. Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 1990. Gulf War 1990–1991. Sanctions against Iraq 1990–2003. Iraqi uprisings 1991. Iraqi no-fly zones conflict 1991–2003. Iraq disarmament crisis 1991–2003. Arms-to-Iraq affair 1992–1996. September 11 attacks 2001.
