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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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Beaufort Castle looks down on Deir Mimas Monastery, demolished in the 2006 war and rebuilt in 2008 with Qatari funds. It is now inaccessible to the inhabitants of Deir Mimas, as Israel regularly strikes the valley, which is judged to be a launching area for Hezbollah operations. Matt Kynaston for The National
South Lebanon's historic sites caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah

Castles and fortresses of the strategic region such as Beaufort have been a battleground for centuries

MENASeptember 16, 2024
Smoke rises near the Israel-Lebanon border, after Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon. Reuters
Hezbollah launched rockets at north Israel in response to south Lebanon strikes

The Israeli military said 55 rockets were detected crossing from Lebanon into the Galilee area

MENASeptember 14, 2024
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell in Beirut on Thursday. Reuters
EU's Borrell says 'drums of war have not stopped pounding' in Lebanon

Foreign affairs and security chief meets senior Lebanese politicians after visit to Unifil headquarters

MENASeptember 12, 2024
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts missiles fired from southern Lebanon over Upper Galilee, on Tuesday. EPA
Israel hits suspected Hezbollah positions across south Lebanon

At least 30 military sites struck in quick succession

MENASeptember 11, 2024
Benny Gantz said Iran and its proxy groups, including Hezbollah, are now the main threat to Israel. EPA
Israel needs to shift military focus to Lebanon, Gantz says

Hamas is 'old news', former war cabinet and defence minister tells forum in US

MENASeptember 09, 2024
Abd Al Rahman Al Milad, also known as Al Bija, was killed on Sunday. AP
Notorious Libyan coastguard commander killed

Abd Al Rahman Al Milad was put under UN Security Council sanctions in 2018 for alleged abuses against migrants

MENASeptember 02, 2024
Since the outbreak of war in Gaza, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed near-daily exchanges of fire. AFP
Hezbollah-Israel exchanges continue despite cooling of tension

At least five sites in south Lebanon were struck by Israel overnight

MENAAugust 30, 2024
An exterior view of the Lebanese Electricity Company in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
Algeria’s much-vaunted fuel gift to Lebanon unlikely to be usable immediately

Experts warn against 'short-term plaster' as the country experiences recurrent blackouts

MENAAugust 29, 2024
State provider Electricite du Liban has procured 30,000 tonnes of fuel oil from Egypt. EPA
Lebanon to receive 60,000 tonnes of fuel in bid to end blackout

Energy Minister Walid Fayad says the fuel can be used immediately at Lebanon's struggling power plants

MENAAugust 26, 2024
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin in southern Lebanon on August 25, 2024, amid escalations in the ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah said early on August 25 it had launched more than 320 rockets at Israel overnight, targeting a string of military positions, even as Israel's military said it was carrying out pre-emptive strikes against the group. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
'The most violent night': Lebanese tell of Hezbollah-Israel strikes

Witnesses describe heavy bombardment as warring parties exchange bombs and rockets

MENAAugust 25, 2024
epa11053860 Emergency services pictured at the site of an explosion in the southern district of Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon 2 January 2024. According to Lebanese state media, four people were killed in the explosion including Hamas deputy head, Saleh al Arouri. EPA-EFE/ABBAS SALMAN
Five significant escalations between Hezbollah and Israel since October

On Sunday, Hezbollah launched its largest attack on Israel

MENAAugust 25, 2024
Mourners carry a victim's body during a funeral of one of the four Syrian people who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wadi Al Kfour in Nabatieh. EPA
At least ten killed and five injured in Israeli strike on Lebanon

Two Israeli soldiers wounded in a barrage of missiles fired by Hezbollah in retaliation

MENAAugust 17, 2024
Fire sweeps across the Marjayoun plain in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, after being hit by Israeli shelling on August 16, 2024. AFP
Israel attacks south Lebanon amid diplomatic push to calm tensions

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty is latest senior official to visit Lebanon on Friday afternoon

MENAAugust 16, 2024
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on Thursday. AP
French Foreign Minister in Beirut in push to avert regional war

Visit comes a day after US envoy Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon

MENAAugust 15, 2024
Beirut, where residents felt a 4.8 magnitude tremor which struck Syria and Jordan. EPA
Syria earthquake shakes nerves in a region already on edge

Overnight tremor comes amid growing fears of a wider regional war

MENAAugust 13, 2024
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