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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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      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
      Play01:28
      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
      Play01:03
      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)
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      '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
      Play01:39
      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
      Play01:29
      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
      Play01:29
      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
      Dancers performs during the Miss Lebanon 2024 contest in Beirut, Lebanon, July 27, 2024. AP
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      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
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