On 2 August 1990,
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior members of his government fled to
Saudi Arabia, where they set up a government-in-exile in
Taif. Iraqi occupation forces established a
rival government, the
Republic of Kuwait, before annexing the country on 28 August 1990. In March 1991, following the defeat of
Ba'athist Iraq at the hands of
coalition forces in the
Persian Gulf War, the
Emir and his government were able to return to Kuwait. ==See also==