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  Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Part of the Arab Winter

Map of the current situation in the conflict:   Iran   Saudi Arabia   Iran allies   Saudi Arabia allies   Mixed   Non-aligned

Date 1979 – ongoing (43 years, 3 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Mainly Middle East; some Muslim areas of Africa (mainly Nigeria), Central Asia, and South Asia (mainly Afghanistan and Pakistan)

Belligerents

Iran

Proxies:

Hezbollah Al-Hejaz
OIRAP (1979–1991)
Liwa Fatemiyoun

 Ansar Allah

Popular Mobilization Forces
Al-Ashtar Brigades
Hezbollah
Hamas (sometimes)
People's Protection Units
Husseiniyoun
Muslim Brotherhood (sometimes)
IMN

Support:  Russia  China  Syria  Qatar (sometimes, from 2017)  Lebanon (2017)  Iraq (from 2006)

Libya (until 2011, alleged)

 Venezuela  North Korea  Oman (alleged, denied by Oman, who claims to be neutral)

 Saudi Arabia

Proxies:

Free Syrian Army
MEK
KDPI
Jaish ul-Adl
Ahvaz National Resistance
Tahrir al-Sham
Al-Nusra Front
Palestinian Authority
ASLMA
Kurdistan Freedom Party
Naqshbandi Army
Free Iraqi Army
Future Movement
Sadrist Movement
Lebanese Forces
ISIL (alleged, denied by Saudi Arabia) 

Support:  United States  Israel  United Kingdom  Iraq (until 1990)  Egypt (2013–present)  United Arab Emirates  Jordan  Bahrain  Morocco  Yemen  Sudan (2016–2019)  Kuwait  Qatar (until 2017)  Turkey (until 2017)  Albania  Canada  Tunisia (2011)

Syrian Civil War (2011–present)

 Syria

Iran
Hezbollah

 Russia  PMF  Lebanon (until 2018)

Support:  Iraq  North Korea  Pakistan

Syrian Interim Government
Free Syrian Army
Army of Conquest (2015–17)
Tahrir al-Sham
Syrian National Army

 United States (until 2017)  Israel

Support:  Libya  Saudi Arabia (until 2018)  Jordan  United Arab Emirates (2012–16)  Qatar

Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

Supreme Political Council

 Houthis

Sanaa-GPC forces
Ahrar al-Najran

Support:  Iran  North Korea  Iraq  Syria  Qatar (2017–21)  Russia

 Oman

Cabinet of Yemen

Academi mercenaries (2015–16)  Sudan

 UAE  Bahrain  Kuwait  Qatar (until 5 June 2017)  Jordan  Djibouti  Egypt  Senegal  United States

Al-Qaeda
Tareq Saleh forces (since 2017)
Tihamah Resistance

Support:  Turkey  United States  United Kingdom  Israel

MEK
Hamas

Commanders and leaders

Ali Khamenei

(Supreme Leader of Iran)

Ebrahim Raisi

(President of Iran)

Esmail Ghaani

(Quds Force commander)

Bashar al-Assad

(President of Syria)

Hassan Nasrallah

(Secretary-General of Hezbollah)

Hadi Al-Amiri

(Leader of the Badr Organization)

Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi

(Leader of Ansar Allah)

Qais al-Khazali

(Secretary-General of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq)

Akram al-Kaabi

(Secretary-General of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba)

Nouri al-Maliki (Secretary-General of Islamic Dawa Party)
Mohammad Ali Jafari (2007–19)

(Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)

Qassim al-Muamen (Leader of Al-Ashtar Brigades)
Abu Ala al-Walai (Secretary-General of Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada)

Former leaders

Ruhollah Khomeini #

(1979–89)

Abolhassan Banisadr

(1980–81)

Mohammad-Ali Rajai †

(1981)

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani #

(1989–97)

Mohammad Khatami

(1997–05)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

(2005–13)

Hassan Rouhani

(2013–21)

Ahmad Vahidi

(1988–98)

Qasem Soleimani †

(1998–2020)

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis †

(2014–20)

Hafez al-Assad #

(1979–2000)

Ali Abdullah Saleh †
Saleh Ali al-Sammad †

(2016–18)

Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim

King Salman

(King of Saudi Arabia)

Mohammad bin Salman

(Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Minister of Defense)

Abdulaziz bin Saud

(Minister of Interior)

Thamer al-Sabhan

(Minister of Gulf Affairs)

Obeid Fadel Al-Shammari

(Commander of Saudi Arabia Force in Yemen)

Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

(Commander of the Joint Forces)

Hassan bin Hamza al-Shehri

(Commander of the PSF)

Reza Pahlavi

(Crown Prince of Iran and Head of the House of Pahlavi)

Maryam Rajavi

(Leader of the People's Mojahedin of Iran and "President-Elect" of Iran)

Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi

(President of Yemen)

Former leaders

King Khalid #

(1979–82)

King Fahd #

(1982–2005)

King Abdullah #

(2005–15)

Muhammad bin Nayef (2011–17)

(Former Interior Minister)

Mutlaq bin Salem Al Azima (2011–14)

(Former Commander of the PSF)

Units involved

Hezbollah
Syrian Armed Forces
Iranian Armed Forces
Republican Guard (until 2017)
Houthi fighters
Yemen Armed Forces (pro-Saleh, until 2017)
Popular Mobilization Forces

Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia
Free Syrian Army
Yemen Armed Forces (pro-Hadi)
Tareq Saleh Forces