1991年海湾战争后，由英国首相梅杰首先提出的禁飞区虽然没有推翻萨达姆·侯赛因，但却是阻止了他继续从空中打击北部的库尔德人和南部的什叶派。
In the aftermath of the Gulf War in 1991, a no-fly zone, initially proposed by British Prime Minister John Major, did not topple Saddam Hussein, but it did prevent him from carrying out further attacks from the air on Kurds in the north and Shia in the south.