Finance

Gulf War Compensation: UN panel pays $600m to Kuwait for invasion by Iraq

The pay out is a part of the $14.7 billion claim Kuwait was awarded in 2000 for oil production and sales losses

Compensation: Iraqi troops had set fire to many oil wells in Kuwait when retreating during the Gulf war in the early 1990s
Compensation: Iraqi troops had set fire to many oil wells in Kuwait when retreating during the Gulf war in the early 1990sPhoto: AFP/SCANPIX
  • Nishant Ugal
New Delhi
UNKuwaitIraqUN Compensation CommissionUN Security Council
Published 28 July 2021, 06:44Updated 28 July 2021, 06:44