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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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      A lawmaker casts his vote during the session to elect the Lebanese president at the Lebanese Parliament. EPA
      Lebanon fails to elect Joseph Aoun as president in first round

      Country has been without a president since October 2022

      MENAJanuary 09, 2025
      Presidential guards outside Baabda Palace in Beirut. EPA
      Aoun emerges as frontrunner as Lebanon moves closer to electing a president

      Nation has been without a head of state since October 2022

      MENAJanuary 08, 2025
      Friday prayers in Al Ghadfa. A mosque on the other side of the road is heavily damaged so prayers are held out in the open. Jamie Prentis / The National
      Play02:54
      'Indescribable destruction': Rural Idlib free from Assad but ruined by 13 years of war

      Many in the rebel bastion stood their ground to endure an assault by regime forces in 2019 but eventually fled approaching soldiers

      MENAJanuary 08, 2025
      US envoy Amos Hochstein's visit comes ahead of a session of Lebanon's Parliament to address the presidential vacancy. AP
      Play00:54
      US envoy Hochstein visits Beirut amid Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire tension

      Both parties accuse the other of violations as 60-day deadline approaches for Israel to pull troops out of southern Lebanon

      MENAJanuary 06, 2025
      Bashar Yassine, originally from Eastern Ghouta but now displaced in Idlib, is the manager of a restaurant called Salleh. Jamie Prentis / The National
      Syrians who fled homes bombed by Assad regime say returning is distant dream

      Displaced people in the north-western city of Idlib have only ruins to go back to

      MENAJanuary 06, 2025
      People carry new televisions in the town of Al Dana in the northern Syrian province of Idlib on December 13. AFP
      Play02:54
      Idlib residents cautiously hopeful about HTS rule over rest of Syria

      In Idlib, where the group that last month seized power across the country has held sway since 2017, residents say their lives were better than those who suffered under Assad

      MENAJanuary 04, 2025
      A young woman holds the Flag of Syria as people celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria. AFP
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      'We have hope': Syrians celebrate a new year and new era after fall of Assad regime

      The streets of Old Damascus were bustling with revellers as people celebrated the arrival of 2025

      MENAJanuary 01, 2025
      Lebanese soldiers secure the area after Israeli troops withdrew from the Khiam village in southern Lebanon, on December 12. EPA
      Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire monitors meet for second time in Lebanon

      Lebanon accuses Israel of repeated 'unacceptable' breaches of truce terms

      MENADecember 18, 2024
      Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem expressed ambivalence towards Syria's future after the fall of the Assad regime, emphasising the Syrian people's right to choose leaders. Reuters
      Hezbollah softens tone towards new Syrian rulers after fall of ally Assad

      Lebanese armed group had for years castigated and fought against the Syrian rebels

      MENADecember 15, 2024
      Destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, near the border with Israel. AFP
      Israel bombs south Lebanon's Khiam a day after its troops withdrew from the town

      US military general oversees soldiers leaving the town of Khiam

      MENADecember 12, 2024
      People cross the destroyed Arida border between Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
      Play01:31
      After months of war with Israel, Lebanon watches fall of Syrian regime with cautious hope

      Syria invaded the country during the Lebanese civil war and occupied the country for about 30 years

      MENADecember 11, 2024
      Lebanon heritage sites Shorthand gif
      Special reportWar on culture: Lebanon's heritage sites destroyed in Israeli strikes

      Historical sites and places of worship, protected under international law, have come under bombardment during the war

      MENADecember 06, 2024
      Destroyed buildings in a village in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, on Thursday. AP
      Play02:26
      Committee overseeing Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes aerial tour

      US and French military generals have arrived in Lebanon to ensure truce holds

      MENADecember 06, 2024
      People salvage belongings after Israeli air strikes in the Lebanese city of Tyre. Getty
      Play02:26
      Committee overseeing Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire aiming to strengthen truce

      US and French military generals have arrived in Lebanon to ensure ceasefire holds

      MENADecember 05, 2024
      Nadine Amine, 50, talks to her son, Jad Arouni, 10, inside their house damaged in an Israeli strike in Tyre. Reuters
      Play03:12
      Thousands return to find homes destroyed in Lebanon's Tyre

      Lack of food, water and electricity are hampering residents wanting to restart their lives after two months of war

      MENANovember 30, 2024
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