Old, New and Unusual Alliances in the Middle East

SYRIA

LEBANON

IRAQ

IRAN

BAHRAIN

YEMEN

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LEB.

IRAQ

IRAN

BAHRAIN

YEMEN

Hezbollah is considered Iran’s proxy in Lebanon. It follows Iranian leadership and acts in Iran’s interest.
Iran is a strong ally of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and is active in Syrian command structures and on the ground through proxies, including Hezbollah.
Iran has directed military offensives against ISIS in Iraq and provided arms and training to Iraq’s Shiite militias.
Saudi Arabia and its allies accuse Iran of backing opposition from the Shiite majority against the Sunni monarchy.
Tehran has provided money and possibly arms to the Houthi movement, but does not seem to exert a strong influence over the group as it does with Hezbollah.

JORDAN

MOROCCO

KUWAIT

EGYPT

BAHRAIN

QATAR

U.A.E.

SAUDI

ARABIA

SUDAN

YEMEN

JORDAN

MOROCCO

KUWAIT

EGYPT

SAUDI

ARABIA

SUDAN

YEMEN

BAHRAIN, QATAR, U.A.E.

UNITED STATES

IRAQ

IRAN

JORDAN

IRAQ

IRAN

JORDAN

UNITED STATES

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