1973 Samita border skirmish

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1973 Samita Border Skirmish
Part of Iraq–Kuwait relations
Map of Kuwait showing Warbah Island and Bubiyan Island
Date March 20th, 1973 Location Kuwait Result Status quo restored[1]
Belligerents
Kuwait	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed	2 killed

Following the deterring effect of Operation Vantage and a coup in Iraq, Kuwait gained its recognition by Iraq in 1963, however the aggerment, never ratified, remained non-binding and was eventually dismissed by the revolutionary council.^[2] Both countries had ongoing border disputes throughout most of the 1960s, although often restrained within the history of Arab solidarity.

Since 1967 and during 1973, despite the unstable history between the Kuwaiti and the leadership of Iraq back then, the Kuwaiti military acted in alliance with the Iraqi military during the Six-Day War and participated with a token force during the 1973 October War of the same year.