Al-Marsad newspaper: Retired Major General Muhammad Al-Qarni told the story of the liberation of the city of Khafji from the Iraqi forces affiliated with Saddam Hussein.
Al-Qarni said that the liberation of Al-Khafji was a decisive battle for the Saudi forces and the National Guard, and added that he was one of the officers of the King Abdulaziz Brigade and was the assistant corner of the brigade’s operations, and he received through the devices orders from the division’s leadership at that time that there were Iraqi forces that entered Khafji and they had to start edit it.
reconnaissance mission
He continued: We started planning the operation and the direction came to move the reserve battalion, which is the 7th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, and the information about the enemy forces in Khafji was somewhat limited, and more information should have been brought on that night on January 29, 1991 AD, so the battalion conducted a reconnaissance and indeed a clash took place between the forces of The battalion was with the Iraqi forces, and it was a fierce and decisive battle, and as a result, the information came to them. One of the objectives of the reconnaissance was also the liberation of a group of American marines trapped there.
This operation followed, after obtaining the full information, the Seventh Battalion was pushed back, then the brigade command planned to completely liberate the city of Khafji, with an integrated plan that begins on the morning of the second day, January 30.
Battle details
He added that the plan included that there would be two battalions entering the city of Khafji, one of them being the eighth battalion on the right axis and the seventh on the left axis of the city. They were fortified in the houses and trenches that they designated for this issue, and a large number of Iraqi forces, vehicles, equipment and personnel were destroyed. The fighting continued throughout that night, until the second day, January 31, and the battle continued with the same firmness, but the resistance of the Iraqi forces seemed to weaken.
He pointed out that there was great support and support from the artillery forces of the National Guard and the close air support of the coalition forces, which were cutting off the supplies that were coming to the Iraqi forces, and they were able on the third day, February 1, to liberate the city of Khafji in a battle that lasted 72 hours.