The correct answer is B) to protect interests in Kuwait’s oil fields.
The main reason that foreign nations intervened in Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 was to protect interests in Kuwait’s oil fields.
On August 2, 1990, Iraq troops invaded Iraq. The international community immediately reacted and asked for the support of the United Nations. The Security Council of UN order a trade embargo on Iraq on August 6. The United States sent ships and troops that stationed in the Persian Gulf and waited for orders. The Security Council gave Saddam Hussein until January 15, 1991, to withdraw its troops from Kuwait. If not, the UN authorized the use of the force. On January 16, Hussein stayed the same and the United States launched Operation Desert Storm to free Kuwait. Many countries had economic interests in the oil fields of Kuwait.
