Middle Eastern Cold War

Middle Eastern Cold War
Date 1979 - present (main phase since 2003) Location Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, the Balkans, Horn of Africa Status ongoing
Belligerents
Iran Syria Iraq Palestine Lebanon Russia Hezbollah Syrian Hezbollah Quwat al-Ridha Fawj al-Imam al-Hujja Al-Ghaliboun National Ideological Resistance Imam Mahdi Scouts Popular Mobilization Forces Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Promised Day Brigade Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Badr Organization Islamic Dawa Party Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr Faylaq al-Wa'ad al-Sadiq Harakat al-Abdal Harakat al-Hezbollah Nujaba Saraya Awliya al-Dam Jaysh al-Mu'ammal Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Kata'ib al-Sabirun Kata'ib al-Shaheed al-Awal Kata'ib Ansar al-Hijja Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib Liwa Fatyan Bani Hashim Quwat Zaynab al-Kubra Saraya al-Jihad Saraya al-Khorasani Peace Companies Saraya Aqa'idiyun Saraya Ashura Turkmen Brigades Shabak militia Salah al-Din Brigade Ashab al-Kahf Mukhtar Army Houthis Al-Ashtar Brigades Al-Mukhtar Brigades Wa'ad Allah Brigades Saraya Thair Allah Popular Resistance Brigades February 14 Youth Coalition Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad PFLP PFLP–GC Sabireen Movement Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Popular Resistance Committees Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Al-Sa'iqa Free Palestine Movement Lions' Den National Defence Forces Baqir Brigade Ba'ath Brigades Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region Syrian Social Nationalist Party Arab Nationalist Guard Syrian Resistance Army of Monotheists Sootoro Liwa al-Quds Galilee Forces Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Lions of Hussein Wagner Group Hezbollah Afghanistan Liwa Fatemiyoun Hezbollah Pakistan Liwa Zainebiyon Hussainiyoun	United States Israel Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Egypt Bahrain Qatar Sudan Kuwait Yemen Morocco

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