April 2, 1991

U.S. admin. officials say rebellions in Iraq appear to have ended as fighting ebbed in the south and Kurdish insurgents have abandoned major cities in the north; official says civil war has dwindled into "lingering insurgency" [NYT, WP 4/3].

Washington Post reports Saudi Arabia's war-related debt as at least $64 billion, placing the country in its most severe financial crisis in 30 years [WP 4/3].