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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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Hannibal Qaddafi pictured in Tripoli in 2010, a year before his father was killed. Reuters
Lebanon orders release of Hannibal Qaddafi on $11m bail

Lawyers for son of former Libyan leader say he does not have funds to pay

MENAOctober 17, 2025
Inmates languish in a cell in Lebanon’s Roumieh Prison, which holds 4,500 prisoners with a capacity of only 1,500. AFP
Deal for release of Syrians detained in Lebanese jails inches closer

Under agreement, most of the 2,000-plus Syrians held in Lebanese jails would be deported to homeland

MENAOctober 16, 2025
Hezbollah supporters wave the group's flag and photos of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah during a ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27 to mark the first anniversary of his assassination by Israel. AFP
Lebanon says it thwarted Israeli plot to bomb Hezbollah leaders' memorials

Four suspected of being part of a cell directed by Israel arrested

MENAOctober 10, 2025
Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike on southern Beirut in 2024. Hezbollah covers the rent of Lebanese whose homes were destroyed in the war. AFP
Hezbollah to extend rent payments for Lebanese whose homes were destroyed by Israel

People who lost their primary residence during last year's war are receiving up to $6,000 a year

MENAOctober 10, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani before their meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, October 10. AP
Lebanon and Syria reach deal to transfer Syrian prisoners not convicted of murder

Agreement made during visit by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani

MENAOctober 10, 2025
Israeli tanks and crews along the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel after a ceasefire came into effect. AP
Ceasefire in Gaza but regional tensions with Israel simmer

End to fighting in Palestinian enclave may not halt Israeli attacks elsewhere, Hezbollah officials and Lebanese experts warn

MENAOctober 10, 2025
Pigeon Rock at Raouche neighbourhood in Beruit is illuminated with pictures of late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and Hashem Safieddine, to commemorate the first anniversary of their deaths on September 2025. EP
Lebanese government suspends Hezbollah-linked NGO after Beirut rock light show

Rissalat casts images of former leaders Nasrallah and Safieddine on to Raouche landmark

MENAOctober 07, 2025
Hezbollah and its leader Naim Qassem have vowed to fiercely oppose the disarmament plan. AFP
Lebanese general 'sweeping every valley and hill' in search for Hezbollah arms

Push to dismantle group in area south of Litani River faces intense opposition

MENAOctober 06, 2025
Mahdi Al Manaa, former Hezbollah fighter, lives with the scars of the explosives-rigged pager attack. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
Special reportHezbollah still searching for answers year after Israel's deadly pager attacks

Lebanese militant group's missile forces also crippled by hackers, leaving it toothless during war

MENASeptember 17, 2025
Lebanese women smoke a waterpipe as they sit next to the destruction in their village caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in the town of Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Special reportIsrael, the humbling of Hezbollah – and the Lebanese people still caught in the crossfire

For the thousands still displaced and unsupported, the war feels very far from over

MENASeptember 17, 2025
Banners installed by the Lebanese military in southern Beirut. The army is responsible for taking all weapons under government control. AFP
Lebanese government says army will begin disarming Hezbollah

Military chief will return to cabinet monthly with progress reports, Beirut says

MENASeptember 05, 2025
Israel's strikes came hours after Unifil condemned the dropping of grenades near its peacekeeping troops. AFP
Five killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanese villages

Unifil condemns separate 'serious attack' on peacekeepers

MENASeptember 03, 2025
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on the Khardali area in southern Lebanon. AFP
Lebanese army destroys 250,000 munitions from Israel's war

More than 24 million square metres of Lebanon still 'contaminated' by explosives

MENASeptember 02, 2025
A school used as a shelter in the town of Rmaich during Israeli air strikes on Lebanon in October 2024. Getty Images
Lebanon's four-day school week is 'chipping away at children's futures'

New, reduced timetable will save money – but cost children a month of learning every year

MENAAugust 22, 2025
Hezbollah fighters parade heavy weapons at a camp in southern Lebanon, in 2023. EPA
ExclusiveHezbollah urges Lebanon to reconsider plan to disarm group

Militants say handing in weapons while Israeli forces remain could destabilise country

MENAAugust 20, 2025
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