Today marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and Bahrainis and expatriates living in the kingdom at the time are recalling what life was like hiding for cover one moment and sneaking on to rooftops the next to watch explosions light up the sky.
Although the Gulf War started on August 2, 1990 with the bombing and invasion of Kuwait by Iraq it came to an end on February 28, 1991, following the military intervention .