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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. Iraqi ...
Airstrikes during the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict (3 P) Pages in category "Iraqi no-fly zones conflict" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
1991 – 2003 Iraqi no-fly zones conflict. January 13 – 22, 1993 January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq; 26 June 1993 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq; September 3, 1996 Operation Desert Strike; December 16 – 19, 1998 Operation Desert Fox; 1999 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq; 2001 – 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan conflict (2001–2003) 2003 – 2011 Iraq War
On the evening 13th of January, in response to the moving of surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites into Southern Iraq in the No-Fly Zone, 75 Coalition aircraft, protected by Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer HMS Nottingham, along with 35 aircraft from CVW-15 on the USS Kitty Hawk took off to attack the sites, making a total of 115 aircraft in all.
Following the 1991 Gulf War, the United States along with other Coalition nations established two no-fly zones in Iraq. [4] US and Coalition officials stated that the northern no-fly zone was intended to prevent attacks against the Kurdish people by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein, and that the southern no-fly-zone was intended to protect Iraq's Shia population.
On 5 April, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 688, calling on Iraq to end repression of its civilian population. On 6 April, Operation Provide Comfort began to bring humanitarian relief to the Kurds. A no-fly zone was established by the US, the UK, and France north of the 36th parallel, as part of the Iraqi no-fly zones ...
Pages in category "Airstrikes during the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For the first year of the mission, northern Iraq was quiet, with no combat between Coalition aircraft and Iraqi forces. Operation Northern Watch forces did not take part in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. After Desert Fox, Iraq announced they would no longer recognize the no-fly zones and urged their troops to attack Coalition aircraft.