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2011 in Kuwait

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2011
in
Kuwait

Decades:
See also:Other events of 2011
List of years in Kuwait
Timeline of Kuwaiti history

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Kuwait.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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  • February 18 - A thousand or more non-citizen residents of Kuwait demonstrated demanding rights given to Kuwaiti citizens.[2]

March

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  • March 11 - Riot police fire tear gas at a demonstration of stateless Arabs demanding more rights.[3]
  • March 30 - Kuwait recalls its ambassador to Iran after it convicted three people on charges of spying for Iran.[4]

August

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  • August 26 - Al Arabiya television reports that three rockets have hit the border area between Kuwait and Iraq.[5]

November

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  • November 28 - Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and his cabinet resign after protesters storm the national Parliament.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Kuwait PM survives confidence vote". 5 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Kuwait's stateless rally for rights". 18 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Riot police fire tear gas to disperse Kuwait rally". 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Kuwait recalls Tehran ambassador after spy ring trial". 30 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Three rockets hit area near Kuwait-Iraq border -TV". 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Kuwait's government quits after parliament stormed". 29 November 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.