US State Department gives $12.5 million in military aid to the Peshmerga Álvaro Escalonilla 08/01/21 Macron pledges to Iraq to continue supporting the fight against Daesh Turkey takes advantage of the enmity between Kurds to advance positions in Iraq Turkey and Iraq organise a meeting to tackle the water conflict
Al-Attiyah wins the second stage of the Dakar Rally Álvaro Escalonilla 04/01/21 The 2021 Dakar starts with Sainz leading
US State Department approves two possible arms sales to Kuwait worth $4.2 billion Álvaro Escalonilla 30/12/20 Gulf countries and Qatar close to ending their dispute after more than three years Morocco will send pilots to the United States for the use of Apache helicopters Saudi Arabia and the dilemma of normalising relations with Israel
Algeria to start vaccination in January Álvaro Escalonilla 22/12/20 Russia develops combined vaccines against COVID and influenza and against coronavirus and measles Brussels authorises Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
