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Elias Sakr

Elias Sakr

Senior Correspondent
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.

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Paul Naggear, who led a list of successful candidates in the union election, speaking on behalf of victims of last year's Beirut port explosion. Shutterstock
Lebanon's opposition wins Order of Engineers vote

Opposition groups are trying to unite before parliamentary elections in 2022

LebanonJune 28, 2021
Hassan Nasrallah gave a televised speech this week. AFP.
Hezbollah ready to deliver Iranian fuel to Lebanon if shortages worsen

Insufficient supplies have hit power and water supplies and led to long queues at petrol stations

LebanonJune 26, 2021
Cars wait in line to fill their tanks at a petrol station in Beirut, Lebanon on June 24, 2021. Reuters
Lebanon partially lifts fuel subsidies to ease shortages

Central bank will now finance subsidised fuel imports at the rate of 3,900 pounds to the dollar instead of 1,500

LebanonJune 25, 2021
Men walk near the site of the blast in Beirut's port area. Reuters
Judge approves release of civil servants detained in Beirut blast investigation

But attorney general turns down requests for the release of senior civil servants

LebanonJune 23, 2021
The huge fall of the Lebanese pound against the dollar is not reflected in exchange rates banks are using. Getty Images
Refugees lose $250 million in aid because Lebanese banks used below market exchange rate

Exchange rates being used are in some cases 40 per cent lower than the market rate

EconomyJune 21, 2021
A roadblock during a general strike in Beirut, Lebanon on June 17. EPA
Lebanon's army chief warns of 'inevitable' collapse without aid

General Joseph Aoun said military needs urgent support to maintain its cohesiveness

LebanonJune 17, 2021
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his country is keen to resume talks with Israel on disputed maritime borders. AFP
Michel Aoun says Lebanon ready to resume talks over maritime borders

But Israel 'cannot impose its unilateral view', president tells US mediator

LebanonJune 14, 2021
Michel Moawad stepped down as an MP after the port explosion in Beirut last August. AFP
Son of slain president calls for action before Lebanon becomes a failed state

Michel Moawad says chaos will prevail if Lebanon's military, healthcare sector and education industry are not supported

LebanonJune 14, 2021
The Lebanese pound has lost 90% of its value since late 2019. Reuters
Lebanese pound drops to new low of 15,150 per dollar

Politicians have been bickering over the formation of a new government since October

EconomyJune 13, 2021
Imad Kreidieh, Chairman of Ogero.
Lebanon’s power cuts will bring down internet, says Ogero head

An internet power cut 'will be the final nail in the coffin for the Lebanese economy' Ogero Chairman Imad Kreidieh tells 'The National'

LebanonJune 08, 2021
A woman holds up a poster of Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri during a protest in Sidon a day after his assassination. Reuters
Lebanon urges UN to consider alternative financing for tribunal

UN-backed court was set up to investigate the assassination of prime minister Rafik Hariri in 2005

LebanonJune 04, 2021
Rescue workers and soldiers stand around a massive crater after the bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005. AP
Lebanon tribunal cancels Salim Ayyash trial over lack of funds

Lawyers said the court was the last hope for rule of law and justice in the country

LebanonJune 03, 2021
Lebanese army soldiers stand guard as smoke rises from tyres set on fire by demonstrators during a protest, after Lebanon's Central Bank said it would stop bank withdrawals from dollar accounts at low fixed rate, in Antelias, Lebanon, on Thursday. Reuters
Lebanon: bank withdrawals to continue at a rate higher than official peg

Court decision prompted depositors to queue at ATMs late on Wednesday

LebanonJune 03, 2021
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun accused prime minister-designate Saad Hariri of obstructing the formation of a new government. Dalati Nohra via Reuters
Lebanese Parliament to discuss president's letter over Cabinet formation

In the letter, Michel Aoun blames prime minister-designate Saad Hariri for obstructing the creation of a Cabinet

LebanonMay 21, 2021
Charbel Wehbe, Lebanon's caretaker foreign minister, has made rather undiplomatic remarks in a TV interview. Reuters
Lebanon's new foreign minister named after Charbel Wehbe resignation

Several GCC states lodged diplomatic protests over comments made by the caretaker minister that appeared to suggest the Gulf was responsible for ISIS

LebanonMay 20, 2021
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