WHO ARE THE ALLIES?
This is the State Department’s official alliance list. However, officials note that it does not include all countries that support the alliance in ways other than those listed.
Including the United States, there are 29 countries that are part of the military force in the Gulf. Involvement ranges from having a substantial number of troops to having medical technicians on hospital ships: ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BELGIUM CANADA CZECHOSLOVAKIA DENMARK EGYPT FRANCE GERMANY GREECE ITALY KUWAIT MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN QATAR SAUDIA ARABIA SENEGAL SPAIN SYRIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES These countries have helped but have not sent troops to participate in the war: FINLAND ICELAND IRELAND JAPAN KOREA LUXEMBOURG POLAND PORTUGAL SPAIN SOVIET UNION SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TURKEY Countries providing financial aid and transit assistance: DENMARK GREECE ITALY NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL SPAIN TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM Countries that are assisting Iraq’s border states, whose economies have been hurt by the war and embargo against Iraq. AUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA DENMARK EUROPEAN COMMISSION * FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY JAPAN KOREA KUWAIT LUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS NORWAY SAUDI ARABIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES * Administrative body of European Community
Source: Associated Press
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
