The current, outgoing, US administration has ignored its commitment to international law but with a new US president waiting in the wings, to take over from outgoing President Trump, the country may return to honoring deals it’s made.

In 2019, it was revealed that the United Arab Emirates had turned Yemen's Balhaf gas facility into a secret prison.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have signed an agreement in an effort to bring three years of hostilities to an end. The Saudi-initiated move is seen by many as an attempt to establish an anti-Iran bloc to stand against Iran's influence in the West Asia region.

The senate was stormed by violent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump as it was counting the Electoral College votes. Four people were killed in the violence.

January the 3rd Major General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by a US drone-strike in Baghdad. And towards the year-end a nuclear scientist, Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated.

Trump fails to coerce official into faking votes “I just want to find 11,780 votes” as Secretary of State for Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, refused to cheat, stating quite categorically that the elections results in Georgia were correct.

The killing of General Soleimani was unlawful, as UN rapporteur Agnes Kalamar clearly pointed out in her report following the assassination, suggesting a legal case against the perpetrators was the way forward.

The highly sophisticated ransomware designed to extract high quantities of information from its target, as well as demanding 100,000 pounds in bitcoins to stop leaks going public.

In June 2017 Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, trade, and travel ties with Qatar, a tiny, yet gas-rich country in the Persian Gulf. The anti-Qatar quartet accused Doha of funding terrorism and fostering instability in the region.

Iran has finally begun the first human trial of a domestically-produced coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the country to be among only a few nations capable of producing it.