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MENA Now Morning Briefing, January 20, 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

Aoun, Hariri to meet soon to resolve Cabinet crisis: Diab; http://bit.ly/3qC8Btx

Diab meets top leaders as part of initiative to break Cabinet deadlock; http://bit.ly/3c5UAjT

Switzerland Requests to Investigate Riad Salameh; https://bit.ly/2Y0lilB

Leading expert urges Lebanon extend lockdown, warns spread out of control; http://bit.ly/39SNoVl

Health Minister Pursues Uncooperative Hospitals; https://bit.ly/2XYCpUH

Regional Overview

Iraqi cabinet votes to delay general election until October 10; http://bit.ly/394yY5t

Turkey hits Twitter and Pinterest with ad ban for resisting new social media law; http://bit.ly/2Y1v72Q