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Regarding Lebanon's gold resets, Central Bank governor Riad Salameh indicated that there is no specific value, but it is around 9 million and 222 thousand ounces.
Winter vacation: Lebanese Minister of Education: It has been decided that the New Year and Christmas holidays will be from the evening of 16/12/2021 until the morning of 10/1/2022.

One of the longest holidays ever to be given.
The Minister of Health announces: Curfew restrictions from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am from December 17 to January 9, except for those who received the first vaccine jab or have a negative PCR test that does not exceed 48 hours.
An Israeli court sentenced May Maasarwe - 27, to 30 months in prison on charges of communicating and transmitting information to Hezbullah

According to the indictment, she photographed military vehicles, the fence in Naqoura, Haifa port, Hatzrim base, Iron Dome, etc.

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Lebanese police arrested a Lebanese and a Syrian for the crime of stealing crude Iraqi oil from a pipeline in Tripoli, North Lebanon.

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In the first intifada, 18 cows were wanted by the occupation army on charges of threatening "national security", after the people of Beit Sahour bought them with the aim of relying on their production and boycotting the products of the occupying state. The story was covered in the movie "The Wanted 18" by directors Amer Shomali and Paul Kwan.
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The Lebanese army is carrying force raids in Dar Al-Wase'a - Bekaa, in against suspected drug manufacturing plants.
Graduation ceremony and distribution of medals to Lebanese Air Force personnel who attended two courses in the field of electrical maintenance and navigational equipment for the AB-212 helicopter, under the supervision of an Italian training team.
Kuwaiti's Al-Qabas: "Five new locals were arrested in the case of financing Hezbullah", bringing the total to 23 defendants, 12 of whom are imprisoned.

The defendants denied all the charges, stressing that their role is limited to charitable work, that doesn't include Hezbullah.
Minister George Kordahi is heading to announce his resignation from the government tomorrow, at the request of France, in an attempt to solve the Gulf crisis ahead of Macron's meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Tomb theft: Members of Salhab family are breaking into new & decades old tombs in Ghobeiry cemetery, removing the bones of the dead, and selling the location to others for burial.

This desecration has affected dozens of Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, and Palestinian tombs.
After reaching an all time high of 25,500 LBP/USD, the exchange rate decreased miraculously to 21,900 LBP/USD this morning after minister George Kordahi resigned under joint French-Saudi pressure.
🇱🇧🇸🇦 As of today, two Lebanese ministers have resigned in 2021 from successive governments over their opinions about Saudi Arabia:

• Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe, who apologized on May ⁠19. (Read more)

• Information Minister George Kordahi.
🚨 Kordahi announces resignation: The interest of my country and family is above my personal interest, and the interest of the Lebanese is more important than my ministerial position.

Kordahi: I don’t accept to be used as a reason to harm my Lebanese brothers in the Gulf. The war in Yemen will not last forever, and a day will come when the warring sides will sit at the table.

By: Al-Ahed.
Communications are progressing between the Lebanese Forces party and the banker Antoun Sehnaoui, in an aim to include him on their list for the upcoming elections.

Antoun Sehnaoui is accused by the judiciary of smuggling Lebanese USD deposits outside Lebanon at USA orders.