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Elias Sakr

Elias Sakr

Senior Correspondent
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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.

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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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