The Lebanese Central Bank issued on December 24, 2024 an announcement regarding basic circulars 158 and 166. The announcement permitted eligible depositors benefitting from the provisions of basic circulars 158 and 166, amid the exceptional circumstances Lebanon is going through, to withdraw one additional payment for the month of January 2025 on top of the allowed monthly payment, noting that the provisions of the circulars will resume normally in February. Finally, the Central Bank announcement stated that since the start of the application of basic circulars 158 and 166 and up until end of November 2024, the number of eligible depositors benefiting from the provisions of these circulars reached 431,448 and the combined withdrawn amount stood at circa $3.24 billion.