As a reminder, Desert Storm started at Nukhayb in 1991, the beginning of the unzipping of the KARI air defense system.
And by the end of Desert Storm, US and French forces were spread across Muthanna, almost up to Samawah city and the Euphrates.
And they stayed there for weeks and the Shia rebels in the failed intifada used this enclave to escape into Saudi camps at Rafha. Current Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassim al-Araji was one of them.