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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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      Articles

      Hezbollah and its leader Naim Qassem have vowed to fiercely oppose the disarmament plan. AFP
      Lebanese general 'sweeping every valley and hill' in search for Hezbollah arms

      Push to dismantle group in area south of Litani River faces intense opposition

      MENAOctober 06, 2025
      Mahdi Al Manaa, former Hezbollah fighter, lives with the scars of the explosives-rigged pager attack. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
      Play04:37
      Special reportHezbollah still searching for answers year after Israel's deadly pager attacks

      Lebanese militant group's missile forces also crippled by hackers, leaving it toothless during war

      MENASeptember 17, 2025
      Lebanese women smoke a waterpipe as they sit next to the destruction in their village caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in the town of Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
      Special reportIsrael, the humbling of Hezbollah – and the Lebanese people still caught in the crossfire

      For the thousands still displaced and unsupported, the war feels very far from over

      MENASeptember 17, 2025
      Banners installed by the Lebanese military in southern Beirut. The army is responsible for taking all weapons under government control. AFP
      Play01:22
      Lebanese government says army will begin disarming Hezbollah

      Military chief will return to cabinet monthly with progress reports, Beirut says

      MENASeptember 05, 2025
      Israel's strikes came hours after Unifil condemned the dropping of grenades near its peacekeeping troops. AFP
      Five killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanese villages

      Unifil condemns separate 'serious attack' on peacekeepers

      MENASeptember 03, 2025
      Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on the Khardali area in southern Lebanon. AFP
      Lebanese army destroys 250,000 munitions from Israel's war

      More than 24 million square metres of Lebanon still 'contaminated' by explosives

      MENASeptember 02, 2025
      A school used as a shelter in the town of Rmaich during Israeli air strikes on Lebanon in October 2024. Getty Images
      Lebanon's four-day school week is 'chipping away at children's futures'

      New, reduced timetable will save money – but cost children a month of learning every year

      MENAAugust 22, 2025
      Hezbollah fighters parade heavy weapons at a camp in southern Lebanon, in 2023. EPA
      ExclusiveHezbollah urges Lebanon to reconsider plan to disarm group

      Militants say handing in weapons while Israeli forces remain could destabilise country

      MENAAugust 20, 2025
      UN peacekeepers have been posted in southern Lebanon for about 50 years. AP
      US could demand concessions from Lebanon to keep UN troops in place

      UN Security Council discussing whether to extend or scrap Unifil peacekeeping force

      MENAAugust 19, 2025
      US ambassador in Lebanon Lisa Johnson, presidential envoy Morgan Ortagus and envoy to Syria Tom Barrack during a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. Reuters
      US envoy calls on Israel to honour ceasefire with Lebanon

      Tom Barrack meets President Joseph Aoun in Beirut amid push to bring all weapons under government's control

      MENAAugust 18, 2025
      A historic building in Nabatieh destroyed during the Hezbollah-Israel war. Photo: Mohamad Zanaty for The National
      Play03:20
      Lebanon's Nabatieh begins slow rebuild despite obstacles after war with Israel

      Stately homes and Ottoman-era markets in the southern city were destroyed in heavy bombardment during the war last year

      MENAAugust 15, 2025
      Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, left, and Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, met in Beirut. EPA
      Play01:20
      'No life for Lebanon if government confronts us', Hezbollah chief warns

      Naim Qassem accuses government of handing country over to Israel by pushing for disarmament

      MENAAugust 15, 2025
      Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. Photo: Lebanese Presidency via AP
      Lebanese leaders tell Iranian security chief not to interfere over Hezbollah

      Ali Larijani is first senior Iranian official to visit Beirut since Lebanon's cabinet approved disarming of group

      MENAAugust 13, 2025
      Hezbollah supporters have held nightly protests against Lebanon's plan to disarm the group. EPA
      Hezbollah stands firm on rejecting 'impossible' disarmament plan

      Lebanese government plans to take on militant group under pressure from Washington

      MENAAugust 11, 2025
      Supporters of Hezbollah block a street with burning tyres in Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday night. AFP
      Play00:55
      Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill seven after 'historic' decision to disarm Hezbollah

      Lebanon's cabinet on Thursday endorsed goals of US plan for weapons handover

      MENAAugust 08, 2025
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