Nine French soldiers were killed during the operation, including two before the beginning of the conflict and five afterwards: a soldier was killed in a car accident in Saudi Arabia in November 1990, and a pilot one month later in the crash landing of his Mirage F1, at the time of a reconnaissance mission in Saudi Arabia.
nˈaɪn fɹˈɛntʃ sˈoʊldʒɚz wɜː kˈɪld dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪ ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃən, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ tˈuː bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə kˈɑːnflɪkt ænd fˈaɪv ˈæftɚwɚdz: ɐ sˈoʊldʒɚ wʌz kˈɪld ɪn ɐ kˈɑːɹ ˈæksɪdənt ɪn sˈaʊdi ɚɹˈeɪbiə ɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti, ænd ɐ pˈaɪlət wˈʌn mˈʌnθ lˈeɪɾɚɹ ɪnðə kɹˈæʃ lˈændɪŋ ʌv hɪz mɚɹˈɑːʒ ˈɛf wˈʌn, æt ðə tˈaɪm əvɚ ɹᵻkˈɑːnɪsəns mˈɪʃən ɪn sˈaʊdi ɚɹˈeɪbiə.