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Jamie Prentis

Jamie Prentis

Lebanon correspondent
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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will begin a three-day visit to Lebanon on Wednesday. EPA
Abbas seeks plan to disarm Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon

Lebanon wants to bring all weapons under state control

MENAMay 20, 2025
The aftermath of the explosion at Beirut port on August 5, 2020. Getty Images
Lebanon's new political elite revives Beirut blast probe but hurdles remain

Five-year investigation has been impeded by challenges and threats

MENAMay 09, 2025
A Lebanese welcoming committee greeted passengers arriving on an Emirates flight to Beirut. AP
First Emiratis arrive in Lebanon after end of travel ban

Lebanon is seeking to renew previously strong ties with the Gulf

MENAMay 07, 2025
Flames rise from a metal tent hit by an Israeli air strike on Dahieh in the southern suburbs of Beirut this week. AP
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urges US to push Israel to stop attacks

Message to US general comes days after Israel bombed southern Beirut

MENAApril 30, 2025
A poster depicting former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine is carried from the site of an Israeli strike on southern Beirut. Reuters
Israel inflicts new wounds on Beirut as city reels from attacks

Military official says strike on Lebanese capital aims to increase pressure on government to disarm Hezbollah

MENAApril 28, 2025
Lebanese emergency teams cordon off the perimeter of a fire at a site in Beirut hit by Sunday's Israeli strikes. AFP
Israel strikes Beirut for third time since ceasefire

Smoke rises after Israeli attack on what it claims is Hezbollah missile storage site

MENAApril 27, 2025
Lebanese security forces at the scene of an Israeli air strike in Baaouerta, near the coastal town of Damour, on Tuesday. AFP
Israeli strike on Lebanon kills Islamic Group official

Attack on Hussein Atoui happened 20km south of Beirut as he was driving to work

MENAApril 22, 2025
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has led the group since 2024. Reuters
Naim Qassem warns Hezbollah 'will not allow anyone to disarm' group

Hezbollah chief says no dialogue over Lebanon defence strategy until Israel withdraws

MENAApril 18, 2025
The shrapnel-riddled Liberty statue, damaged during Lebanon's civil war, in Beirut's Martyrs' Square. AFP
Lebanon's civil war is not over yet, say politicians 50 years on

Weapons may have stopped firing in Lebanon, but the old sectarian system dominates

MENAApril 13, 2025
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, right, speaks with US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus on Saturday. AFP
US special envoy visits Lebanon to press for Hezbollah disarmament

Morgan Ortagus and President Joseph Aoun hold 'private' meeting as Washington presses for timetable for Hezbollah’s disarmament

MENAApril 05, 2025
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is seen by his allies, and his foes, as Lebanon's political wizard. AFP
InterviewLebanon's Jumblatt on confronting Israel and giving Syria's new leader a chance

Lebanese veteran politician has witnessed every major transformation in the Middle East over the past several decades

MENAApril 03, 2025
Firemen work on the site of an Israeli army strike in the suburb of Dahiye, Beirut, Friday March 28, 2025. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)
Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire

Israeli military issued a forced eviction order for the capital's southern suburbs

MENAMarch 28, 2025
A protester outside a Bank Audi branch in Beirut in 2023. Lebanese have been gripped by poverty after plunging into a financial crisis in 2019. AP Photo
First permanent Lebanese central bank chief appointed since Salameh

Souaid will play a pivotal role in restoring international confidence in Lebanon's financial system

MENAMarch 27, 2025
An Israeli tank stationed along the border with Lebanon on Tuesday. AFP
Lebanon warns it may use 'all means' to force full Israeli withdrawal

Israeli military remains at five ‘strategic positions’ inside Lebanon in breach of truce agreement

MENAFebruary 18, 2025
Saad Hariri reacts as people gather to mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of his father and former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2025. REUTERS / Emilie Madi
Thousands gather in Beirut to mark 20th anniversary of Rafic Hariri’s killing

His son, former prime minister Saad Hariri, returns to Lebanon for commemoration event

MENAFebruary 14, 2025
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