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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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Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon after meeting President Michel Aoun. Dalati Nohra via Reuters
Hariri says no progress on new Lebanon government

Prime minister-designate's latest talks with Michel Aoun followed international tour to rally support for crisis-hit country

LebanonFebruary 12, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad Hariri meet at the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2017. Reuters
Lebanon's Hariri talks reform Cabinet with Macron in Paris

Meeting with French leader comes amid frosty relationship between Mr Hariri and President Aoun over Cabinet appointments

LebanonFebruary 11, 2021
Jean Obeid died of complications from coronavirus. AFP
Lebanese member of parliament Jean Obeid dies of Covid-19

Former minister is the second Lebanese MP to die from coronavirus-related complications

LebanonFebruary 08, 2021
An anti-Hezbollah protester holds a picture of Lokman Slim, a longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, who has been found dead in his car, during a protest in front of the Justice Palace in BeirutBeirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The Arabic words on poster read "Hezbollah's arms against who? Weapons of terrorism." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Hezbollah must explain killing of Lokman Slim, say Lebanese politicians

Slim, 59, was found shot dead in his rental car in south Lebanon on Thursday, a day after his family said he went missing

LebanonFebruary 04, 2021
Rony Tabet. Mahmoud Rida/ The National
No justice for protesters wounded by security forces during protests after Beirut blast

Dozens of demonstrators suffered severe injuries during violent crackdowns on crowds that gathered in the aftermath of the explosion

LebanonFebruary 04, 2021
Anti-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in the centre of Lebanon's impoverished northern port city of Tripoli on January 31, 2021. AFP
Lebanon’s protest movement clings on despite setbacks

The struggle between an angry public and an entrenched elite has reached an impasse

LebanonFebruary 01, 2021
Hassan Nasrallah, depicted on posters along a road in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, said Hezbollah had improved its air defence capabilities. Reuters
Hezbollah claims it downed Israeli drone that entered Lebanon airspace

Israeli authorities said an unmanned craft had crashed

LebanonFebruary 01, 2021
Health staff attends to a Covid-19 patient at the Saint Georges Hospital of Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
Lebanon's embassies appeal to diaspora for Covid donations

Hospitals have been struggling to secure ventilators for rising number of coronavirus cases

LebanonJanuary 31, 2021
Lebanese MP Michel Murr died at the age of 89 due to Covid-19 complications, his family said in a statement. AFP
Lebanon's oldest MP dies from Covid-19

Michel Murr served Lebanon for 30 years in parliament

LebanonJanuary 31, 2021
Lebanese Sunni leader Saad Al Hariri, talks to the media after being named Lebanon's prime minister-designate at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon on October 22, 2020. Reuters
Lebanon fails to break government deadlock as old tension lingers

The impasse is preventing the country from accessing financial aid to address the economic crisis

January 27, 2021
The scene of the August 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
Investigation into Beirut disaster moves ahead after court ruling

Court in Lebanon has yet to rule on a request to replace the judge leading the investigation

WorldJanuary 26, 2021
Lebanese Sunni leader Saad Al Hariri, talks to the media after being named Lebanon's prime minister-designate at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon on October 22, 2020. Reuters
Political rift widens over Cabinet formation as Aoun and Hariri trade accusations

Lebanon Cabinet formation talks clouded by recent US sanctions on Hezbollah’s key ally and stalled investigation into massive port explosion

January 26, 2021
An Israeli F-16 bomber. The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon says the number of unauthorised Israeli flights over Lebanon has increased. AP
Increased Israeli flights over Lebanon rattle residents

Retired Lebanese general says Israeli flights could fuel anti-Hezbollah sentiment

WorldJanuary 15, 2021
A woman wearing a protective mask walks past Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon, May 5, 2020. Reuters
Lebanon subsidy crisis threatens further financial hardships

Dwindling reserves are likely to exacerbate rising poverty rates if a reform package can't be agreed on

January 07, 2021
Lebanese Health Minister Hamad Hassan speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Beirut on February 21, 2020. AFP
Fury over Lebanon health minister's comments on Covid and port explosion victims

Hamad Hassan put the deaths caused by the Beirut Port explosion down to 'fate' and said coronavirus patients were responsible for getting infected

January 04, 2021
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