Einflussbereiche im Nahen Osten und Nordafrika

Hi all, here is a map I made showing the current geopolitical situation in MENA (Middle East and North Africa). I used QGIS for my mapping software and either drew in my geospatial data or downloaded it from [data.humdata.org](http://data.humdata.org).

My sources for the current zones of control in each country are as follows:

Iraq:

* [https://acleddata.com/report/leaders-tighten-control-repression-shapes-iraqs-2025-elections](https://acleddata.com/report/leaders-tighten-control-repression-shapes-iraqs-2025-elections)

Israel/Palestine:

* [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2y00g4x29o](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2y00g4x29o)

Lebanon:

* [https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/lebanon-s-crises-force-hezbollah-turn-inward](https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/lebanon-s-crises-force-hezbollah-turn-inward)

Libya: 

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%932020)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%932020))
* [https://sahara-overland.com/libya-2/](https://sahara-overland.com/libya-2/)
* [https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/libyas-divisions-harden/](https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/libyas-divisions-harden/)

Somaliland:

* [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14115069](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14115069)

Sudan:

* [https://sudan.liveuamap.com/](https://sudan.liveuamap.com/)
* [https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/conflict-sudan-map-regional-and-international-actors](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/conflict-sudan-map-regional-and-international-actors)
* [https://themedialine.org/top-stories/iran-regains-foothold-in-sudan-as-rsf-completes-darfur-conquest-with-ethnic-massacres/](https://themedialine.org/top-stories/iran-regains-foothold-in-sudan-as-rsf-completes-darfur-conquest-with-ethnic-massacres/)

Syria:

* [https://syria.liveuamap.com/](https://syria.liveuamap.com/)
* [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/implications-recent-violence-suwayda](https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/implications-recent-violence-suwayda)

Yemen:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present))

Honestly I’d even put it in 4 major groups.

Wasat Movement: Turkey, Syria, Qatar, GNA, Sudan and Hamas

Madkhali Wahhabism: Saudi, UAE, RSF (funded by the UAE, but not ideologically aligned), sometimes Bahrain, ISIS (not Madkhali Wahhabis but Wahhabi nonetheless).

Modern Shi’ism: Iran, Iraq(militias), Houthis, they fund Hamas but there’s no ideological alignment.

Israel: Israel, Somaliland, sometimes Bahrain, sometimes Jordan, Syrian Druze, some Syrian Kurdish groups, sometimes Azerbaijan.

The rest are just trying to survive, Egypt has its own concerns of the Wasat movement gaining power after the death of the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood. Yemen is just taking Saudis help, they’re very much traditionalists in terms of faith and not reformists like Wahhabism. Oman be chilling. Kurds are a mixed bag depending on if they’re in Iraq, Iran or Syria.

Tell me more about these Rapid Support Forces?

Azerbaijan should categorically be both an Israeli and Turkiye ally through this lens

Both Libyan governments are currently working with Turkey. Check the news

i assume this is a five way.

One of the stupidest maps I’ve seen

Cyprus is partially occupied, not influenced, by Turkey.