Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1953

Force majeure rendering performance of the obligation factually or legally impossible throughout the time during which performance is required. Its effect. Extinction of the obligation without the debtor bearing the consequences of non-performance. - Temporary impossibility of performing the obligation. Its effect. It does not extinguish the obligation. It is confined to suspending it until it becomes capable of performance, whereupon it is performed. Example concerning the impossibility of performing the temporary obligation owing to the Iraqi invasion.