1.Fighting Continues Over Flashpoint Town in Northern Syria
https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/fighting-continues-over-flashpoint-town-northern-syria
2.2021 provides Palestine with a chance to fight back
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210105-2021-provides-palestine-with-a-chance-to-fight-back/
3.Saudi Arabia, Oman compete for control in Yemen’s Mahra
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/saudi-arabia-oman-compete-for-control-in-yemen-s-mahra/2098447
4.Saudi Arabia says full ties restored between Qatar and embargo nations
https://www.dawn.com/news/1599844/saudi-arabia-says-full-ties-restored-between-qatar-and-embargo-nations
5.Pakistan lauds Kuwait’s role in resolving Saudi Arabia-Qatar dispute
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/769619-pakistan-lauds-kuwait-for-its-role-in-saudi-arabia-qatars-reopening-of-borders
6. Turkey reveals its three-year cybersecurity plan
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/turkey-reveals-its-three-year-cybersecurity-plan-42820
7.Biden to adopt more coherent Libya policy, US-Turkey cooperation possible: experts
https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/news-analysis/biden-to-adopt-more-coherent-libya-policy-us-turkey-cooperation-possible-experts
8.Libya starts using new exchange rate as economy struggles
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/3/libya-approves-new-exchange-rate-as-economy-struggles
9. Timing is apt as Tunisia takes over presidency of UN Security Council
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1787541/middle-east
10.Airlines ‘Rush’ to Secure Morocco-Israel Route
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/01/330633/airlines-rush-to-secure-morocco-israel-route/
11.Iran issues Interpol notice for 48 US officials including Trump
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/5/iran-issues-interpol-notice-for-48-us-officials-including-trump
12.Iran says it has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at Fordow site
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/4/iran-says-it-has-resumed-20-percent-uranium-enrichment-at-fordow-site
13.Iraq, Struggling to Pay Debts and Salaries, Plunges Into Economic Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/world/middleeast/iraq-economy-debt-oil.html
14.Kuwait has discovered two new oil fields: Minister  
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/602135
15.Education Cannot Wait approves US$33.3 million for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Central Sahel
https://reliefweb.int/report/burkina-faso/education-cannot-wait-approves-us333-million-burkina-faso-mali-and-niger-central
16.South Africa coronavirus strain could resist vaccines: Scientists
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1787636/world
17.China shores up support in Africa as it braces for Biden
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-shores-up-support-in-Africa-as-it-braces-for-Biden
18.Zimbabwe reintroduces curfew to contain rising Covid-19 cases
https://f24.my/7EOq.W
19.Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya citing interference
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/15/somalia-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-kenya-citing-interferences
20.Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55476831
21.Pakistan to open diplomatic mission in Djibouti
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-to-open-diplomatic-mission-in-djibouti/2094111