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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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      Rafic Hariri delivers a rousing a speech as Lebanon's prime minister, in Beirut in May 1998. He would be dead within seven years. Reuters JS/SB
      Play09:55
      Aftershocks of Hariri’s killing still felt in Lebanon 20 years on

      The 20th anniversary of the killing comes at a critical juncture for Lebanon and the wider Middle East

      MENAFebruary 13, 2025
      Families return with the Lebanese army to the southern village of Marwahin in January. AFP
      Israel says troops will stay in southern Lebanon after ceasefire deadline

      Second delay to withdrawal will be fiercely opposed by the Lebanese government and Hezbollah

      MENAFebruary 12, 2025
      Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, centre, meets Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, left, and Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam. AFP
      Lebanon forms first government since 2022 to tackle ceasefire challenge

      Administration formed under international pressure will be a 'unified team' with no party able to obstruct decisions

      MENAFebruary 08, 2025
      Hassan Nasrallah, the late Hezbollah leader who will be buried on February 23, speaks in Iran at an undisclosed date and location. AFP
      Play11:05:14
      Nasrallah to be buried in Beirut’s southern suburbs

      Funeral for long-time leader of Lebanese group has been delayed for five months over security concerns

      MENAFebruary 03, 2025
      Work taking place on a government palace building in Beirut, as Lebanon's Prime Minister designate Nawaf Salam works to form a cabinet. EPA
      Finance Ministry at the heart of Lebanon’s convoluted cabinet consultations

      Incoming Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has vowed that ‘no ministry is exclusive to a certain sect’

      MENAJanuary 30, 2025
      A wounded man shot while trying to reach the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila is taken to an ambulance at a Lebanese army checkpoint in Burj Al Muluk. AFP
      Two killed and several injured in Israeli shooting in south Lebanon

      More than 20 were also killed by Israeli fire on Sunday as they sought to return to home villages

      MENAJanuary 27, 2025
      A man carries an injured person in Burj Al Muluk, near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, where Israeli forces remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed. Reuters
      22 people killed including a Lebanese soldier by Israeli fire

      Several civilians trying to return home in the south were also injured by Israeli shooting

      MENAJanuary 26, 2025
      Ali Arnaout holds up a charred sign proclaiming the Palestinian heritage of the food served at his now ruined restaurant in Nabatieh. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
      Play02:16
      Postcard from NabatiehA city slowly stirring back to life after Israel’s brutal war on south Lebanon

      Hundreds of businesses in the city were destroyed by Israeli attacks

      MENAJanuary 24, 2025
      Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan greets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on Thursday. Reuters
      Saudi FM Prince Faisal says kingdom is optimistic about political changes in Lebanon

      Prince Faisal bin Farhan is most senior Saudi official to visit the country in 15 years

      MENAJanuary 23, 2025
      Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. AFP
      Lebanon moves closer to forming cabinet at critical juncture

      New Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has delicate job of forming government

      MENAJanuary 20, 2025
      Beirut port's grain silos and the area around it on August 5, 2020, one day after a massive explosion hit the heart of the Lebanese capital. AFP
      Camera6
      Renewed hope for justice in Lebanon as officials summoned over Beirut port blast

      Judge seeks to question 12 people in revival of long-stalled investigation

      MENAJanuary 17, 2025
      Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrives at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Tuesday to meet President Joseph Aoun. Reuters
      Play00:33
      Lebanon’s PM designate calls for ‘new chapter rooted in justice’

      ‘Hands extended to everyone,’ Salam says in maiden speech from Presidential Palace

      MENAJanuary 14, 2025
      FILE PHOTO: Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) speaks at the ICJ at the start of a hearing in The Hague Netherlands May 16, 2024. REUTERS / Yves Herman / File Photo
      Play02:01
      Nawaf Salam named Lebanon’s new Prime Minister

      Former envoy to UN receives enough support from MPs during consultations with President Joseph Aoun

      MENAJanuary 13, 2025
      Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture with his family at the presidential palace in Baabda. Reuters
      Play02:01
      Lebanese President Aoun’s first task is picking new PM

      Former army commander faces urgent challenges as ceasefire deadline looms

      MENAJanuary 10, 2025
      Joseph Aoun at the parliament building in Beirut, after he was elected as Lebanon's president. Reuters
      Play00:49
      Lebanon army chief Joseph Aoun elected as president

      Election comes ahead of major developments, including the fate of a ceasefire with Israel and the start of post-war reconstruction

      MENAJanuary 09, 2025
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