Sakr won a seat in the Lebanese parliament on 7 June 2009, and one of few Shiite politicians that support, the mainly Sunni Muslim and Christian, 14 March movement.

[2] Sakr worked as a teacher for two years at USJ's Islamic and Christian Studies Institute, contributed to the establishment and management of the Permanent Dialogue Center.

[3][4][5] At first he denied his involvement, but admitted it when Al Akhbar and OTV published audio tapes of him making arms deals with Syrian insurgents.

[7] On 12 December 2012, Syria issued an arrest warrant for Saad Hariri, Sakr and Media Coordinator for Free Syrian Army Louay Almokdad due to their alleged activities of arming and providing financial assistance to the Syrian opposition.

[8] In December 2012, Sakr claimed that Jamil Al 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.