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MENA Now Morning Briefing, February 2, 2021

*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

Lockdown stabilized Lebanon's COVID-19 crisis: Abiad; http://bit.ly/2MW5lL3

Zeina Kanjo Domestic Violence; https://bit.ly/3oT80Cm

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi resorted to the “infiltrators” narrative to justify security forces’; https://bit.ly/3rtlxT3

Police State in Tripoli; https://bit.ly/3cLbyUP

Crisis-Hit Lebanon Hikes Subsidized Bread Price by a Fifth; http://bit.ly/39OlRWv

Regional Overview

Egypt journalist's life in danger after torture; http://bit.ly/39NWuE4

Biden extends deportation protection for Syrians in US; http://bit.ly/2YI1zaE

UAE confident F-35 jets sale will go through despite Biden review, says ambassador; http://bit.ly/2Lnbgby