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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 President Joseph Aoun, centre, adresses ministers in a cabinet session at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. EPA
      Lebanese government approves Hezbollah disarmament as Shiite ministers storm out

      President Joseph Aoun has vowed to assert state control over all weapons

      MENAAugust 07, 2025
      The funeral of Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil. The group is now at odds with the Lebanese government over disarmament proposals. AFP
      'Grave sin': Hezbollah rejects Lebanese government plan to disarm group

      Lebanese Army assigned to create road map to bring all arms under state control

      MENAAugust 06, 2025
      Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, centre, leads the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. EPA
      Play01:16
      Lebanon's cabinet fails to vote on disarming Hezbollah in stormy meeting

      Ministers to resume talks on Thursday and order army to draw up plan to disarm group by end of 2025

      MENAAugust 05, 2025
      A woman holds a mock judge's gavel as others hold a giant Lebanese flag during a gathering marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, in front of the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar)
      Play01:56
      Lebanon marks five years since deadly Beirut port blast

      Hundreds gather in Lebanese capital to commemorate explosion

      MENAAugust 04, 2025
      Beirut port seen through smashed windows at St George Hospital. The August 4, 2020 explosion killed more than 200 people, injured thousands and upended lives. Photo: Getty Images
      'No one gave me one dollar': Beirut businesses lament costs after port blast

      Economic activity rebounding five years on, after business owners forced to fund repairs themselves

      EconomyAugust 03, 2025
      Aaliya's Books was damaged by the Beirut port explosion in 2020 - and worse was to come. Photo: Mr Dobson
      Play17:34
      A beloved bookshop rebuilt from Beirut blast - but Israel's war was a crisis too many

      Aaliya's Books was a popular place in Gemmayze that weathered too many storms to bear

      MENAAugust 02, 2025
      Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s President, speaks at a ceremony marking Army Day at the Defence Ministry in Yarzeh, near Beirut. AP
      Play00:57
      Aoun calls on Lebanon to 'seize historic opportunity' and disarm Hezbollah

      Leader gives major speech to mark Army Day

      MENAJuly 31, 2025
      The aftermath of an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah-linked financial institution in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, in 2024. Getty Images
      Lebanon nears critical point in push for Hezbollah disarmament

      Cabinet will discuss 'extension of state sovereignty over all territories' on August 5

      MENAJuly 30, 2025
      Drone footage shows the extent of the damage to the silos in Beirut port following the blast on August 4, 2020. Reuters
      Special reportFive years after the port blast, Beirut's wounds remain unhealed

      Much of the physical damage has been repaired - but closure remains elusive for people frustrated by delays in the investigation and unresolved questions of accountability

      MENAJuly 30, 2025
      The burial service for Pvt Sean Rooney who was killed while serving with a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon in December 2022. PA
      Lebanon sentences man to death for killing Irish peacekeeper

      'Unsatisfactory' that killer Mohammad Ayyad still at large, Irish government says

      MENAJuly 29, 2025
      Ziad Rahbani's mother Fairuz was among the famous guests at the composer's funeral near Bikfaiya. AP
      Camera10
      Lebanon ‘united in grief’ as mother Fairuz attends Ziad Rahbani’s funeral

      Famous Lebanese composer laid to rest in hometown of Mhaydseh

      MENAJuly 28, 2025
      Georges Abdallah arrives at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport after being deported from France. AFP
      Georges Abdallah arrives in Lebanon after four decades in French jail

      Supporters welcome 74-year-old jailed over murder of two diplomats

      MENAJuly 25, 2025
      Georges Bouchikian denies allegations of corruption during his time as a Lebanese government minister. Photo: NNA
      Lebanese parliament lifts immunity from MP accused of corruption

      Former industry minister Georges Bouchikian faces corruption allegations

      MENAJuly 23, 2025
      The southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, laid to waste after Israeli troops’ withdrawal. EPA
      Israel kidnaps two in southern Lebanon as US pushes Hezbollah disarmament plan

      Tom Barrack presses Beirut on arms control amid mounting internal and external pressure

      MENAJuly 23, 2025
      Lebanon's Justice Minister Adel Nassar. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
      Play17:34
      InterviewLebanon cannot call itself a state without answers to Beirut blast

      Adel Nassar says his role is to ensure investigative judge has means to continue his work without political interference

      MENAJuly 20, 2025
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