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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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Dancers performs during the Miss Lebanon 2024 contest in Beirut, Lebanon, July 27, 2024. AP
Show must go on in Lebanon despite escalating conflict with Israel

High-profile entertainment events take place as residents and returning expats enjoy summer

MENAAugust 06, 2024
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks on video link during a ceremony to mark a week since the assassination of Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr, in Beirut. Getty Images
Hezbollah's Nasrallah tells Israel 'punishment' is coming

Group's leader makes speech after exchange of fire killed six people in Lebanon and injured seven in Israel

MENAAugust 06, 2024
Firefighters extinguish a blaze following an Israeli air raid on the town of Shamaa, in southern Lebanon. AFP
ExclusiveDependants of UN international staff in Lebanon to be evacuated

The decision comes amid fears of further escalations between Lebanon and Israel

MENAAugust 02, 2024
Hezbollah fighters stand behind the coffin of Fouad Shukur as the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech during the commander's funeral in Beirut on Thursday. AP Photo
Multifront war entering new phase, Nasrallah warns Israel

Israel’s ambulance service concludes a massive three-day drill in the north simulating a mass casualty event

MENAAugust 01, 2024
Women gesture during the funeral of Hassan and Amira Fadlallah, two siblings who were killed by what security sources said was an Israeli strike on Tuesday in Beirut's southern suburbs, in Ghobeiry, Beirut, Lebanon July 31, 2024. REUTERS
Beirut residents fear escalation after Israeli attack 'crosses red lines'

At least four civilians were killed in strike targeting Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr

MENAJuly 31, 2024
Fouad Shukr. Photo: Hezbollah
Hezbollah confirms death of senior commander Fouad Shukr after Israeli strike

Israel accused Mr Shukr of ordering attack on Majdal Shams in occupied Golan Heights

MENAJuly 31, 2024
Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr at an undisclosed location. AFP
Who is Fouad Shukr, the Hezbollah commander targeted by Israel?

Senior commander who built Lebanese militia's missile strike capacity was target of Israeli attack on Beirut

MENAJuly 30, 2024
Civil defence workers and citizens gather near a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. AP
Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut in Majdal Shams payback

The drone strike killed at least three people, including a woman and a child, and injured 74

MENAJuly 30, 2024
Nada Koussa, left, is crowned Miss Lebanon 2024 by past Miss Lebanon winner Yasmina Zaitoun. AP
Nada Koussa crowned Miss Lebanon 2024 in Beirut

Predecessor Yasmina Zaytoun is a previous Miss World first runner-up

Fashion & BeautyJuly 28, 2024
Mohamed Neemeh has been cultivating the spice for more than 25 years in south Lebanon. Jamie Prentis / The National
Growing pains: Conflict leaves south Lebanon's zaatar farmers feeling the pinch

Many who cultivate the cherished herb have been forced to abandon this year's crop

MENAJuly 26, 2024
A farmer collects his dead livestock, killed by Israeli bombardment that hit a farm along the hills of the village Jezzine in southern Lebanon. AFP
South Lebanon's vital livestock farming disrupted by Israel's relentless bombing

Nine months of constant attacks have wreaked devastation across vital traditional industry

MENAJuly 19, 2024
A screengrab of the explosion in Tel Aviv.
Israel in shock after deadly Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv

It is the first such strike by the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, about 2,300km from Israel

MENAJuly 19, 2024
Ashura is the annual Shiite commemoration of the death of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein bin Ali, at the Battle of Karbala. AP
Lebanon's Shiite Muslims mark Ashura and draw parallels with Gaza

The day commemorates the death of Imam Hussein in the 7th century

MENAJuly 17, 2024
A tanker carrying oil from Iraq near Lebanon's Al Zahrani power plant in 2021. Iraq has approved a new delivery of fuel. AFP
Iraq approves fuel delivery to prevent blackout across Lebanon

State electricity in the country is severely limited with people relying on private generators

MENAJuly 11, 2024
The aftermath of Israeli shelling in the Lebanese village of Dhayra last week. The tense situation has been escalating since. AFP
Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets at important Israeli surveillance base

Attacks comes after Hezbollah confirmed death of fighter Israel says was air defence expert

MENAJuly 07, 2024
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