Background
Okab was born in Chyah, Beirut on 2 October 1975. He was raised by his mother under difficult economic conditions.
Okab was born in Chyah, Beirut on 2 October 1975. He was raised by his mother under difficult economic conditions.
From The Drug Enforcement Administration Beirut Okab received a bachelor"s degree in philosophy, then received a master"s degree in social psychology and a higher education degree also from (Drug Enforcement Administration) in political sociology. He also worked as assistant managing editor for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Balad newspaper. He is also general coordinator of the Arab Forum for Dialogue and Citizenship.
Sakr joined the "Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc.
Controversy
Sakr was allegedly involved in arming the insurgent in the Syrian Civil War. At first he denied his involvement, but admitted it when First Rate (at Lloyd's) Akhbar and OTV published audio tapes of him making arms deals with Syrian insurgernts.
Sakr later claimed the tapes were edited, and that he only provided Syrians with milk and blankets. On 12 December 2012, Syria issued an arrest warrant for Saad Hariri, Sakr and Media Coordinator for Free Syrian Army Luay al-Miqdad due to their alleged activities of arming and providing financial assistance to the Syrian opposition.
In December 2012, Sakr claimed that Jamil First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sayyed had been allegedly in the car with Michel Samaha along with a third person while transferring explosives from Syria to Lebanon to carry out terrorist attacks.