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23.12.2025

The Day of the Financial Gap Definition

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Lebanon for 23.12.2025.

It displays 138 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

23.12.2025 โ‡ข The Day of the Financial Gap Definition
โŒจOn December 23, Lebanese editors focused on the cabinet's attempt to formalize the 'Financial Gap Law.' Morning headlines highlighted a 'field of mines' as ministers debated the distribution of bank losses, with banking sectors and opposition outlets criticizing the stateโ€™s evasion of debt. By midday, reports shifted to the army's progress, as General Rudolf Haykal announced the near completion of the first phase of disarmament and southern deployment, framing it as a meticulous transition toward the Awali River.
Afternoon coverage was dominated by security developments, specifically the alleged Mossad abduction of retired General Security officer Ahmad Shukur and the death of a Lebanese soldier in an Israeli strike, whom Israel claimed was a Hezbollah member. By evening, the focus returned to the Grand Serail, where the government announced a preliminary agreement on defining the 'financial gap' and authorized monthly $1,500 withdrawals for depositors, a move met with skepticism by financial analysts.
23.12.2025
00:07
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุฅูŠุทุงู„ูŠุง ุชุทู„ุจ ุงู„ุจู‚ุงุก ููŠ ู„ุจู†ุงู† ุจุนุฏ ุงู†ุณุญุงุจ ุงู„ูŠูˆู†ูŠููŠู„

00:07 (22:07 in your timezone)

00:09 (22:09)โ‡ขThe Financial Gap Law Uproar

โŒจLebanese editors are fixated on the controversial 'financial gap' and bank recovery laws, with outlets reporting both government assertions of depositor protection and universal political criticism (L'Orient-Le Jour, Al Joumhouria, LBCI, LBC, Addiyar). Simultaneously, a hardening stance on disarmament emerges; Kataeb highlights Prime Minister Salam's resolve to seize weapons, while others report on arms seizures and General Aoun's focus on southern stability (Naharnet, Lebanon Files, Janoubia, Kataeb).
00:30
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุณูŠุงุณุฉ ุงู„ู„ุงุกุงุช ุงู„ูƒุจุฑู‰ ุชุซุจุช ุฅูŠุตุงุฏ ุจุงุจ ุงู„ุญุฑูˆุจ ููŠ ู„ุจู†ุงู† ูˆุงู„ู…ู†ุทู‚ุฉ

00:30 (22:30 in your timezone)
06:35
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ู‚ุถุงุก ุงู„ู„ุจู†ุงู†ูŠ ู„ุง ูŠูู‚ุฏ ุงู„ุฃู…ู„ ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูŠุฉ ุชุณู„ู‘ู…ู‡ ู…ุฌุฏุฏุงู‹...ุตู…ุช ู…ุงู„ูƒ ุณููŠู†ุฉ "ุงู„ู†ูŠุชุฑุงุช" ูŠุฑุงูƒู… ุชุนู‚ูŠุฏุงุช ุงู„ุชุญู‚ูŠู‚

06:35 (04:35 in your timezone)
06:41
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ุญูƒูˆู…ุฉ ุชู†ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุชุฑุงูƒู… ูˆุชุทุฑุญ ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† ุงู„ูุฌูˆุฉ

06:41 (04:41 in your timezone)
07:16
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุถุฑูˆุฑุชุงู† ู„ู„ุฅู†ู‚ุงุฐ: ุดูุงููŠุฉ ุงู„ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ุชูŠ ุณุชุทู…ุฆู† ุงู„ุดุนุจ ูˆุงู„ุชุตุฏูŠ ู„ุฅูŠุฑุงู†

07:16 (05:16 in your timezone)
07:27
07:27
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ู…ุทุงู„ุจุฉ ุจุชุฑุชูŠุจุงุช ููŠ ู…ุง ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู„ูŠุทุงู†ูŠ ูˆุงู„ุฃูˆู„ูŠ: ุฏุนูˆุฉ ู„ุญุตุฑ ุงู„ุณู„ุงุญ ุฃู… ู…ู†ุทู‚ุฉ ุฃู…ู†ูŠุฉุŸ

07:27 (05:27 in your timezone)

07:29 (05:29)โ‡ขThe Awali Disarmament Roadmap

โŒจLebanese editors focus on the internal and external messaging regarding the disarmament of Hezbollah, specifically targeting the expansion of security zones toward the Awali River (Kataeb, El Nashra, Lebanon Files). While opposition and neutral outlets scrutinize Judge Nawaf Salam's weapons collection roadmap, pro-Hezbollah media like Al-Manar remains focused on sovereignty threats. Concurrently, the cabinet continues to navigate the divisive financial recovery and depositor restitution law (Lebanon24, L'Orient-Le Jour, LBCI).
07:40
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู„ูŠูˆู†ุฉ ููŠ ุฅุฏุฎุงู„ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุญุธุงุช ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ...ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† ุงู„ุฅู†ุชุธุงู… ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠ ูˆุงู„ูˆุฏุงุฆุน ูŠุดู‚ู‘ู ุทุฑูŠู‚ู‡ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅู‚ุฑุงุฑ

07:40 (05:40 in your timezone)

10:13 (08:13)โ‡ขThe Falling Cost of Fuel

โŒจLebanese editors are shifting focus toward the internal fallout of the financial recovery plan, with newspapers scrutinizing the government's handling of bank deposits and financial regularity laws (Lebanon24, Kataeb, L'Orient-Le Jour). Simultaneously, a downward adjustment in fuel prices has gained widespread traction (Al Joumhouria, Addiyar, LBCI, LBC). Concerns regarding judicial stability and technical election delays also emerge as institutional challenges persist (Janoubia, Lebanon Files).
10:22
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุจุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ- ุฃุฏุฑุนูŠ: ุฃุญุฏ ู‚ุชู„ู‰ ุญุฒุจ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฃู…ุณ ุนู…ู„ ููŠ ูˆุญุฏุฉ ุงู„ุงุณุชุฎุจุงุฑุงุช ููŠ ุงู„ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ู„ุจู†ุงู†ูŠ ูˆุชุนุงูˆู†ู‡ู…ุง ุฎุทูŠุฑ

10:22 (08:22 in your timezone)
10:47
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุญูƒูŠู…: ุงู„ุฎุทูˆุงุช ุงู„ุฅูŠุฌุงุจูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู‘ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุชู…ูƒูŠู† ุงู„ุณูŠุงุฏุฉ ููŠ ู„ุจู†ุงู† ูˆู„ุง ุฎูŠุงุฑ ู„ุญุฒุจ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุงู„ุชุฒุงู… ุจูˆู‚ู ุงู„ู†ุงุฑ

10:47 (08:47 in your timezone)
11:46
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ ุงู†ู‡ูŠุงุฑ ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ ููŠ ุญุฒุจ ุงู„ู„ู‡...ุงุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„: ุนุฌุฒ ุงู„ู‚ูŠุงุฏุฉ ุนู† ุชุนูŠูŠู† ุฎู„ูŠูุฉ ู„ู€"ุงู„ุทุจุทุจุงุฆูŠ"

11:46 (09:46 in your timezone)

11:53 (09:53)โ‡ขThe Fractured Financial Recovery Plan

โŒจLebanese editors are intensifying their scrutiny of the 'Financial Gap Law,' with widespread criticism from both political and banking sectors regarding the state's proposed distribution of losses (L'Orient-Le Jour, Janoubia, Addiyar). Concurrently, a sense of domestic instability is being highlighted through reports of leadership vacuums within Hezbollah and the threat of ISIS 'lone wolf' attacks (Kataeb, Lebanon24).
12:40
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุญู†ูƒุด ูŠู„ุชู‚ูŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏูŠุฑ ุงู„ุนุงู… ู„ู‚ูˆู‰ ุงู„ุฃู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ: ู„ุฅุนุทุงุก ู‚ุถุงุก ุงู„ู…ุชู† ุงู„ุฅู‡ุชู…ุงู… ูˆุงู„ุฏุนู… ุงู„ุฃู…ู†ูŠ

12:40 (10:40 in your timezone)
13:09
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ูˆุฑุฃุณ ุงู„ุณู†ุฉ ููŠ ุนู‡ุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฌูŠุด

13:09 (11:09 in your timezone)
13:33
13:45
ู†ูู‘ุฐุช ู‚ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุนุฏูˆุŒ ูุฌุฑ ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุนุฏูˆุงู†ุงู‹ ููŠ ุจู„ุฏุฉ ู…ูŠุณ ุงู„ุฌุจู„ุŒ ุญูŠุซ ุฃู‚ุฏู…ุช ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุณุงุนุฉ 2:20 ูุฌุฑุงู‹ ุนู„ู‰ ุชูุฌูŠุฑ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ ุงู„ู…ุชุถุฑู‘ุฑุฉุŒ ู…ุง ุฃุฏู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ุชุฏู…ูŠุฑู‡ ุจุงู„ูƒุงู…ู„ุŒ ุจุญุณุจ ู…ุง ุฃูุงุฏ ู…ุฑุงุณู„ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฑ. ูˆูƒุงู† ู…ุฑุงุณู„ู†ุง ู‚ุฏ ุฃุดุงุฑ ููŠ ูˆู‚ุช ุณุงุจู‚ ุฅู„ู‰ ุณู…ุงุน ุฏูˆูŠู‘ ุงู†ูุฌุงุฑ ูƒุจูŠุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุฉุŒ ุฃุนู‚ุจู‡ ุฏูˆูŠู‘ ุชูุฌูŠุฑ ุฌุฏูŠุฏ ูˆุชุตุงุนุฏ ูƒุซูŠู ู„ู„ุฏุฎุงู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌู‡ุฉ ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ูŠุฉ โ€ฆ
13:45 (11:45 in your timezone)
13:51
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู…ุฌู„ุณ ุงู„ูˆุฒุฑุงุก ูŠุณุชูƒู…ู„ ู…ู†ุงู‚ุดุงุช "ุงู„ูุฌูˆุฉ"... ู…ุฑู‚ุต: ู‡ุงุฌุณู†ุง ูƒุณุจ ุซู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู† ูˆุชุซุจูŠุช ุญู‚ูˆู‚ ุงู„ู…ูˆุฏุนูŠู†

13:51 (11:51 in your timezone)
13:51

13:53 (11:53)โ‡ขThe Heavy Toll of Hidden Debts

โŒจLebanese editors are fixated on the 'Financial Gap Law' as the Council of Ministers enters a second day of contentious debate. Outlets focus on the struggle to reconcile state obligations with depositor rights (L'Orient-Le Jour, Kataeb, Lebanon24, Naharnet). Meanwhile, political focus shifts toward the upcoming elections and internal Sunni realignments in Akkar (Al Joumhouria, Janoubia, Addiyar), alongside reporting on localized Israeli hostilities in Mais al-Jabal (Al-Manar).
14:03
ุงูุงุฏ ู…ุฑุงุณู„ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฑ ุงู† ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ุงู„ู…ุนุงุฏูŠ ููŠ โ€œุฑูˆูŠุณุงุช ุงู„ุนู„ู…โ€ ุงุทู„ู‚ ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ุธู‡ุฑ ุฑุดู‚ุงุช ุฑุดุงุดุฉ ุจุงุชุฌุงู‡ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ ููŠ ุจู„ุฏุฉ ูƒูุฑุดูˆุจุงุŒ ููŠู…ุง ุงุณุชู‡ุฏู ู…ูˆู‚ุน โ€œุงู„ุฑู…ุซุงโ€ ู…ุญูŠุท ู…ุฒุฑุนุฉ ุจุณุทุฑุฉ ุจุงู„ุฑุดุงุดุงุช ูˆู‚ู†ุงุจู„ โ€œุงู„ู„ุงู†ุดุฑโ€. ูˆู†ูู‘ุฐุช ู‚ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุนุฏูˆ ูุฌุฑ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุนุฏูˆุงู†ุงู‹ ููŠ ุจู„ุฏุฉ ู…ูŠุณ ุงู„ุฌุจู„ุŒ ุญูŠุซ ุฃู‚ุฏู…ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุชูุฌูŠุฑ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ ุงู„ู…ุชุถุฑู‘ุฑุฉุŒ ู…ุง ุฃุฏู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ุชุฏู…ูŠุฑู‡ ุจุงู„ูƒุงู…ู„ุŒ ุจุญุณุจ ู…ุง ุฃูุงุฏ ู…ุฑุงุณู„ โ€ฆ
14:03 (12:03 in your timezone)
14:08
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู„ุจู†ุงู† ุจู„ุง "ูŠูˆู†ูŠููŠู„" ููŠ 2026โ€ฆ ู‡ู„ ุชูู„ุช ุงู„ุญุฏูˆุฏ ุฃู… ุชูู‚ูู„ ู…ุนุฑูƒุฉ ุงู„ุญุฒุจ ูˆุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ุŸ

14:08 (12:08 in your timezone)
14:33
14:53
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุนูˆู†: ุฅุนุงุฏุฉ ู†ุธุฑ ุจุฑูˆุงุชุจ ุงู„ู‚ุทุงุน ุงู„ุนุงู… ู‚ุฑูŠุจู‹ุง

14:53 (12:53 in your timezone)
16:53
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู‡ูŠูƒู„: ุงู„ุฌูŠุด ุจุตุฏุฏ ุงู„ุงู†ุชู‡ุงุก ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฎุทุชู‡ ูˆูŠูุฌุฑูŠ ุงู„ุชู‚ูŠูŠู… ูˆุงู„ุฏุฑุงุณุฉ ูˆุงู„ุชุฎุทูŠุท ุจูƒู„ู‘ ุฏู‚ุฉ ูˆุชุฃู†ูู‘ ู„ู„ู…ุฑุงุญู„ ุงู„ู„ุงุญู‚ุฉ

16:53 (14:53 in your timezone)

16:55 (14:55)โ‡ขThe Army's Measured Southern Advance

โŒจLebanese editors are prioritizing the militaryโ€™s transition into the 'second phase' of its southern deployment, focusing on the Army Commandโ€™s precision in planning subsequent stages (Kataeb, Al Joumhouria). Simultaneously, the cabinet's 'financial gap' discussions remain a critical focal point, specifically regarding the preservation of depositor rights (Lebanon Files, L'Orient-Le Jour). Reports of continued Israeli machine-gun fire and house demolitions in southern border towns provide a persistent security backdrop (Al-Manar, Lebanon24).
19:35
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ู…ุฌู„ุณ ุงู„ูˆุฒุฑุงุก: ุชูˆุงูู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุนุฑูŠู ุงู„ูุฌูˆุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠุฉ ูˆุงุณุชูƒู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุงุด ุงู„ุฌู…ุนุฉ

19:35 (17:35 in your timezone)
19:35

19:37 (17:37)โ‡ขRegional Sovereignty Pledges Sustain Baabda

โŒจLebanese editors are currently balancing diplomatic assurances with internal financial reforms. Turkey and Jordan have reaffirmed their support for Lebanese sovereignty (Al Joumhouria, LBCI, LBC), while the Council of Ministers reports progress on defining the 'financial gap,' a persistent bottleneck in the recovery plan (Kataeb, Lebanon Files). Simultaneously, security narratives shift toward alleged Mossad operations and regional escalation warnings involving Israel and Iran (MTV Lebanon, Lebanon24, Annahar).
19:47
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

9 ุณุงุนุงุช ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ู‚ุงุด ููŠ ู…ุฌู„ุณ ุงู„ูˆุฒุฑุงุก: ุชูˆุงูู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุนุฑูŠู ุงู„ูุฌูˆุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠุฉ ูˆุฌู„ุณุฉ ุฌุฏูŠุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฌู…ุนุฉ

19:47 (17:47 in your timezone)
20:23
21:05
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ูˆูุฏ ุนุฑุงู‚ูŠ ุฑููŠุน ููŠ ุจูŠุฑูˆุชโ€ฆ ุฑุณุงุฆู„ ุฏุนู… ูˆู„ู‚ุงุกุงุช ุฑุณู…ูŠุฉ

21:05 (19:05 in your timezone)
22:16
ุงู„ูƒุชุงุฆุจ

ุงู„ุงู† ุญูƒูŠู… ู„ู€ "ู‡ู†ุง ู„ุจู†ุงู†": ู„ุง ุญู„ ุณุญุฑูŠ ู„ู„ุฃุฒู…ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ูŠุฉ ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ุชุทุงู„ ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน.. ูˆุงู„ุณู†ุฏุงุช ุงู„ู…ู‚ุชุฑุญุฉ ุชุฐูˆูŠุจ ู„ู„ูˆุฏุงุฆุน ูˆู„ูŠุณุช ุญู„ู‹ุง

22:16 (20:16 in your timezone)

22:18 (20:18)โ‡ขThe First Phase of Disarmament

โŒจLebanese editors are currently prioritizing the militaryโ€™s progression into the first phase of disarmament (L'Orient-Le Jour, Al Joumhouria, El Nashra). This security focus is shadowed by the cabinetโ€™s decision to allow monthly $1500 withdrawals for depositors, an attempt to manage the 'financial gap' despite ongoing skepticism regarding the long-term viability of these liquidity measures (Lebanon Files, Addiyar, Kataeb).