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      Elias Sakr

      Elias Sakr

      Senior Correspondent
      Location
      Beirut
      Elias joined The National as a senior correspondent in Beirut in 2020. He started his career at The Daily Star, where he spent more than eight years reporting on politics and business. In 2015, he joined An-Nahar, where he spearheaded the launch of the revamped online English edition, led the editorial team for five years and wrote regular columns.

      Articles

      A video grab from Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV shows the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, during an interview on December 27, 2020. EPA
      Hezbollah lender hit by hackers exposing hundreds of accounts

      The group behind the purported hack urged debtors to default on loans

      December 30, 2020
      The Hamra district in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut shows a smoke plume rising following a huge explosion that rocked the port of Beirut.AFP
      Beirut port blast 'caused by only 500 tonnes of fertiliser', says PM

      Caretaker prime minister Hassan Diab asks where the rest of the supposed 2,700 tonnes was stored

      December 29, 2020
      A worshipper wearing a protective mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic attends Christmas morning mass at the Maronite Church of Saint Anthony of Padova in Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP
      Lebanon detects first variant Covid case on flight from London

      Experts warn that the new strain spreads more easily but doesn't appear to be more dangerous

      December 25, 2020
      A woman wearing a protective mask walks past Central Bank building in Beirut. Lebanon has eased banking secrecy laws for a one-year period to facilitate a forensic audit of the Central Bank and other state institutions. Reuters
      Lebanon eases banking secrecy laws to allow forensic audit

      Check is a prerequisite for international financial aid to Lebanon

      December 21, 2020
      Residents of Zahle, the main city in Lebanon's Bekaa region, stage a protest to demand that the government renew the contract of electricity supplier EDZ. Mahmoud Rida / The National
      Lebanon’s fourth-largest city waits on parliament to keep lights on

      Lebanese in Zahle enjoy rare 24-hour electricity from local company whose contract expires on December 31

      December 21, 2020
      A view of the damage caused by the explosion at Lebanon's Beirut port a day after the blast on August 4, 2020. AFP
      Lebanon’s blast investigation suspended amid rising political tension

      Investigating judge awaits Supreme Court decision after indicted politicians seek transfer of case

      December 17, 2020
      Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab is pictured after submitting his resignation to Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 10, 2020. Reuters
      Political tensions cloud Lebanon investigation into deadly port explosion

      Hassan Diab, the caretaker Prime Minister and three senior politicians have been indicted in connection to the August 4 blast

      December 14, 2020
      Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Al Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 9, 2020. Reuters
      Lebanon government formation talks in limbo despite Hariri’s latest bid

      President and Prime Minister-designate yet to agree on next round of talks

      December 10, 2020
      Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 9, 2020. REUTERS
      Lebanon’s Hariri presents Cabinet line-up in bid to break deadlock before Macron visit

      President Michel Aoun counters with proposal of his own

      December 10, 2020
      Lebanon's Interior Minister Mohammed Fehmi said the total number of prisoners released could be about 3,000. Reuters
      Lebanon faces high security risks, interior minister warns as country's crisis intensifies

      Rival political factions have failed to make reforms laid out by French President Emanuel Macronto help country recover

      December 10, 2020
      Hassan Diab and members of his caretaker government met with central bank governor Riad Salameh on Monday to discuss plans to cut import subsidies. Picture via Sky News Arabia
      Lebanon’s economic crisis deepens as talks to form government stall

      Hassan Diab and other officials met central bank governor Riad Salameh on Monday to discuss plans to cut import subsidies

      December 07, 2020
      Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel is calling for early elections and urging Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Saad Hariri to step down over his failure to form an independent Cabinet Reuters
      Lebanon’s Kataeb in talks to form coalition for 2022 polls

      Gemayel accuses country’s major political parties of seeking to maintain their grip on power

      December 04, 2020
      Lebanon's Minister of Justice Marie-Claude Najm in Beirut on January 22, 2020. AFP
      Lebanon's government 'should discuss central bank if audit stalls'

      An extraordinary session of cabinet would be needed to ‘weigh up all options’, the justice minister said

      December 02, 2020

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