On 28 December, 2016, district council elections were held in Bangladesh. 61 districts were scheduled to go to polls which were boycotted by major opposition political parties. Candidates were from ruling party Awami League only, even though contestants of 2 districts had been elected unopposed,

Recently, the President of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), Tuan Guru Haji Hadi Awang (TGHH) was severely criticized for participating in the 30th International Islamic Unity Conference which was held in Tehran from the 15th to 17th December 2016. The event, which was organized by the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST), was entitled "The Unity and Necessity of Countering Takfiri Currents”.

Prime Minister Yıldırım, in his speech within the scope of budget talks, said: "Regime change, axis slip discussions are vain and began to be pointless. Turkey's axis is obvious, its path is obvious. Turkey's path is the path of contemporary civilisations' path. The path pointed out by Gazi Mustapha Kemal.

Trilateral cooperation between Russia, Iran, and Turkey is the most effective way to settle the Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding that Moscow, Tehran, and Ankara have drafted a document aiming to resolve the crisis.