Looking at top terms Googled in 2021, the Middle East and politics in general held little interest with the general public, other than how to pronounce Qatar and Kabul. So give yourselves a pat on the back for continuing to be interested in what's happening outside of your own backyard!

Wishing you a better 2022!

The Iranian and Houthi War Against Saudi Arabia (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Deadly Water Crisis Threatening Iran's Leadership - Golnar Motevalli (Bloomberg)

Israel Protests to UN over Lebanese Plans to Drill in Its Maritime Waters - Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post)

Israeli Air Raid on Syrian Port Followed Arrival of Iranian Container Ship - Thomas Newdick (The War Zone)

A Report from MEMRI on The Water-for-Energy Deal Between Jordan And Israel Amid Popular Opposition

Hizbullah Deploys Air Defense Systems in Syria and Lebanon - Anna Ahronheim (Jerusalem Post)

Following Explosion Of Hamas Arms Depot In South Lebanon Mosque, Lebanese Politicians, Journalists Call To Remove Palestinian Weapons From Country (MEMRI)

Palestinian COVID conspiracy theories do matter - Stephen M. Flatow (JNS)

The crux of Abbas’ Fatah remains: Terror and Martyrdom for “Palestine” as Fatah celebrates 57 years of terror  - Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Normalizing Assad? Associated Press, AFP Botch Israel’s Golan Heights Development Plan Story - Gidon Ben-Zvi (Honest Reporting)

How a Victorious Bashar al-Assad Is Changing Syria (Economist-UK) 
Russia Unlikely to Help Syria Break Away from Iranian Influence - Anna Borshchevskaya (19FortyFive)

The Top 10 Worst U.N. Actions of 2021 (UN Watch)

Global Anti-Semitism 2021 Top Ten (Simon Wiesenthal)  Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism Have Real-world Implications

Why CAIR Merits Attention from All of Us (IPT News)

CAIR, The Investigative Project, and The Dispatch's Double Standard - Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA)

Former Iran hostage files lawsuit against Princeton University for 'abandoning him' - Benjamin Weinthal (Jerusalem Post) 

Nothing to do with the Middle East: NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week (Yahoo)