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      Jamie Prentis

      Jamie Prentis

      Lebanon correspondent
      Location
      Beirut
      Jamie is a British journalist and has been a correspondent at the Beirut bureau since March 2022, where he covers Lebanese affairs and the wider region. Before that he was a reporter at the London bureau for nearly four years. Before joining The National he worked for the Libya Herald and covered the country for outlets including The Times.
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      Lebanese forces are stationed outside the municipality building in Blida, after Israeli troops launched a raid in the southern town. AFP
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      Israeli army kills municipal worker in south Lebanon raid

      President Aoun orders army to counter incursions by Israel into areas it does not currently occupy

      MENAOctober 30, 2025
      Egypt's intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, centre, arrives to meet Lebanon's parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. EPA
      Egypt offers to help 'stabilise' situation in south Lebanon

      President Joseph Aoun has held talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Beirut

      MENAOctober 28, 2025
      Speaker Nabih Berri is accused by opponents of treating the Lebanese Parliament 'as his private property' Reuters
      Play04:22
      Lebanon's diaspora voting law dispute shuts down Parliament

      More than half of MPs boycott session over Speaker Nabih Berri's actions

      MENAOctober 28, 2025
      People inspect the wreckage of a vehicle hit by an Israeli drone. Israel has launched a series of attacks on Lebanon, despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah. EPA
      US envoy Morgan Ortagus visits Lebanon as Israel intensifies strikes

      Five killed in attacks on areas in south and east of the country, almost a year into ceasefire with Hezbollah

      MENAOctober 27, 2025
      Smoke billows over the village of Aaichiyeh in southern Lebanon after Israeli strikes earlier this week. Reuters
      Four killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon as US head of ceasefire committee visits Beirut

      Israel breaches ceasefire again as top US general arrives in Lebanon

      MENAOctober 23, 2025
      President Joseph Aoun, right, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, second right. Reuters
      Play04:22
      Lebanese government under pressure on diaspora voting law

      Contentious law would restrict voting rights of Lebanese people abroad in next year's election

      MENAOctober 23, 2025
      US special envoy Tom Barrack urged Congress to repeal the Caesar Act, which imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Syria during the Assad regime. Joshua Longmore / The National
      Syria and Lebanon are 'next pieces' in push for Middle East peace, US envoy says

      Tom Barrack says he is much more optimistic about Damascus in a 'personal perspective' posted on X

      MENAOctober 20, 2025
      In 2022, around 140,000 people voted from abroad, which constituted 7% of the votes. Bloomberg
      Play04:22
      Lebanon's diaspora seeks to overturn 'unfair' electoral law

      Current law for next year's poll would heavily restrict voting power of Lebanon's large diaspora

      MENAOctober 20, 2025
      Hannibal Qaddafi pictured in Tripoli in 2010, a year before his father was killed. Reuters
      Lebanon orders release of Hannibal Qaddafi on $11m bail

      Lawyers for son of former Libyan leader say he does not have funds to pay

      MENAOctober 17, 2025
      Inmates languish in a cell in Lebanon’s Roumieh Prison, which holds 4,500 prisoners with a capacity of only 1,500. AFP
      Deal for release of Syrians detained in Lebanese jails inches closer

      Under agreement, most of the 2,000-plus Syrians held in Lebanese jails would be deported to homeland

      MENAOctober 16, 2025
      Hezbollah supporters wave the group's flag and photos of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah during a ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27 to mark the first anniversary of his assassination by Israel. AFP
      Lebanon says it thwarted Israeli plot to bomb Hezbollah leaders' memorials

      Four suspected of being part of a cell directed by Israel arrested

      MENAOctober 10, 2025
      Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike on southern Beirut in 2024. Hezbollah covers the rent of Lebanese whose homes were destroyed in the war. AFP
      Hezbollah to extend rent payments for Lebanese whose homes were destroyed by Israel

      People who lost their primary residence during last year's war are receiving up to $6,000 a year

      MENAOctober 10, 2025
      Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani before their meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, October 10. AP
      Play01:52
      Lebanon and Syria reach deal to transfer Syrian prisoners not convicted of murder

      Agreement made during visit by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani

      MENAOctober 10, 2025
      Israeli tanks and crews along the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel after a ceasefire came into effect. AP
      Ceasefire in Gaza but regional tensions with Israel simmer

      End to fighting in Palestinian enclave may not halt Israeli attacks elsewhere, Hezbollah officials and Lebanese experts warn

      MENAOctober 10, 2025
      Pigeon Rock at Raouche neighbourhood in Beruit is illuminated with pictures of late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and Hashem Safieddine, to commemorate the first anniversary of their deaths on September 2025. EP
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      Lebanese government suspends Hezbollah-linked NGO after Beirut rock light show

      Rissalat casts images of former leaders Nasrallah and Safieddine on to Raouche landmark

      MENAOctober 07, 2025
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