Second Gulf War
Part of the Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, the War on Terror, the spillover of the Yemeni Civil War, the spillover of the Syrian Civil War and the spillover of the Iraqi conflict

Clockwise from top: U.S. troops at Uday and Qusay Hussein's hideout; insurgents in northern Iraq; an Iraqi insurgent firing a MANPADS; the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos Square
Date7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)–present (4 years, 4 months and 5 days)
Location
Belligerents
 Iran
 Iraq
 Syria
 Hezbollah
 Houthis
Supported by:
 Russia
 China
 North Korea

 United States
 Israel
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
Supported by:
 United Kingdom
 France
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Australia
 Belgium
 Canada
 Japan
 Sudan
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Egypt
 Jordan
 Morocco


 Yemen
Peshmerga (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Rojava (Syrian Democratic Forces)
Supported by:
 United States
 Russia

 Lebanon


 Turkey


 Palestinian National Authority


Interim Government (Syrian opposition)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Al-Qaeda
Hamas

HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO