the gulf war ( 2 august unk february 1991 ) , codenamed operation desert shield ( 2 august unk january 1991 ) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense Defending of saudi arabia and operation desert storm Catastrophe ( 17 january unk february 1991 ) in its combat Hostile_encounter phase , was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the united states against iraq in response Response to iraq 's invasion Attack and annexation of kuwait arising Coming_to_be from oil pricing and production disputes .

the second edsa revolution ( edsa ii or edsa dos ) was a three-day political protest from january unk , 2001 that peacefully overthrew the government of joseph estrada , the thirteenth president of the philippines .

as a result of changes Change to the structure of international cricket announced Expressing_publicly by the icc in january 2014 , the winner of the unk intercontinental cup ( and following editions of the tournament ) were originally scheduled Arranging to play Participation four five-day matches Competition against the bottom ranked test nation ( two home and two away matches Competition ) , an event Competition known as the 2018 icc test challenge Confronting_problem .

the attack Attack began Process_start on 3 january when boko haram overran Control a military base that was the headquarters of the multinational joint Collaboration task force containing troops from chad , niger , and nigeria .

during the late hours of january 2 , the european storm forecast experiment ( unk ) issued Statement a level two warning Warning for southeast england , the netherlands , north belgium , north germany and denmark .