MENA Now Morning Briefing, December 8, 2020
*This daily morning briefing covers news as presented by the media, and does not present the views of MENA Now.
* All sources were drawn from publicly available online news sources
Lebanon Today
Aoun, Hariri relaunch govt formation process, discuss names of ministers; https://bit.ly/3mVjkOn
Lebanon renews calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories; https://bit.ly/39QH02w
As Lebanon subsidy crunch looms, UN agencies warn of social catastrophe; https://bit.ly/3qCWflG
Protesters Block Highway, Rally against Plans to End Subsidies; https://bit.ly/3lVMbkj
Hassan: Two Million COVID-19 Vaccines Reserved for Lebanon; https://bit.ly/2VOrxIb
Lebanon records 16 new coronavirus deaths, 984 cases; https://bit.ly/2Ir54Oj
Regional Overview
Iran dismisses Saudi call for inclusion in nuclear talks; https://bit.ly/3qCdsM6
Egypt leads Africa in COVID-19 resilience, third in the Middle East; https://bit.ly/37J919J
U.S. troop pullouts in Middle East raise fears of Iranian attacks; https://lat.ms/3n8NP3v
Pope Francis to make historic Iraq visit in March; https://bit.ly/39QHCoR
