In these few days, nothing of great significance occurred.
If anything, it was the aerial combat during the day of the outbreak of war and the ground combat at night. Moreover, the ground combat was not widely publicized.
As for diplomatic mediation, it obviously ended without bearing fruit.
With regard to the demands set forth by the oil-producing countries, Hussein flatly rejected them and claimed that Kuwait was originally a province of Iraq, a sacred and inviolable territory of Iraq; therefore, his deployment of troops to Kuwait was in reclaiming lost land, not an invasion of a sovereign nation.
Following the failed mediation, this very morning, the oil-producing countries announced the expulsion of Iraq from their group.
Subsequently, led by Saudi Arabia, the members of the oil-producing country group announced the severing of diplomatic relations with Iraq, one after another.
At this point, the path to a diplomatic resolution was completely blocked.
