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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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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. Photo: Lebanese Presidency via AP
Lebanese leaders tell Iranian security chief not to interfere over Hezbollah

Ali Larijani is first senior Iranian official to visit Beirut since Lebanon's cabinet approved disarming of group

MENAAugust 13, 2025
Hezbollah supporters have held nightly protests against Lebanon's plan to disarm the group. EPA
Hezbollah stands firm on rejecting 'impossible' disarmament plan

Lebanese government plans to take on militant group under pressure from Washington

MENAAugust 11, 2025
Supporters of Hezbollah block a street with burning tyres in Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday night. AFP
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill seven after 'historic' decision to disarm Hezbollah

Lebanon's cabinet on Thursday endorsed goals of US plan for weapons handover

MENAAugust 08, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, centre, adresses ministers in a cabinet session at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. EPA
Lebanese government approves Hezbollah disarmament as Shiite ministers storm out

President Joseph Aoun has vowed to assert state control over all weapons

MENAAugust 07, 2025
The funeral of Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil. The group is now at odds with the Lebanese government over disarmament proposals. AFP
'Grave sin': Hezbollah rejects Lebanese government plan to disarm group

Lebanese Army assigned to create road map to bring all arms under state control

MENAAugust 06, 2025
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, centre, leads the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. EPA
Lebanon's cabinet fails to vote on disarming Hezbollah in stormy meeting

Ministers to resume talks on Thursday and order army to draw up plan to disarm group by end of 2025

MENAAugust 05, 2025
A woman holds a mock judge's gavel as others hold a giant Lebanese flag during a gathering marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, in front of the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon marks five years since deadly Beirut port blast

Hundreds gather in Lebanese capital to commemorate explosion

MENAAugust 04, 2025
Beirut port seen through smashed windows at St George Hospital. The August 4, 2020 explosion killed more than 200 people, injured thousands and upended lives. Photo: Getty Images
'No one gave me one dollar': Beirut businesses lament costs after port blast

Economic activity rebounding five years on, after business owners forced to fund repairs themselves

EconomyAugust 03, 2025
Aaliya's Books was damaged by the Beirut port explosion in 2020 - and worse was to come. Photo: Mr Dobson
A beloved bookshop rebuilt from Beirut blast - but Israel's war was a crisis too many

Aaliya's Books was a popular place in Gemmayze that weathered too many storms to bear

MENAAugust 02, 2025
Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s President, speaks at a ceremony marking Army Day at the Defence Ministry in Yarzeh, near Beirut. AP
Aoun calls on Lebanon to 'seize historic opportunity' and disarm Hezbollah

Leader gives major speech to mark Army Day

MENAJuly 31, 2025
The aftermath of an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah-linked financial institution in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, in 2024. Getty Images
Lebanon nears critical point in push for Hezbollah disarmament

Cabinet will discuss 'extension of state sovereignty over all territories' on August 5

MENAJuly 30, 2025
Drone footage shows the extent of the damage to the silos in Beirut port following the blast on August 4, 2020. Reuters
Special reportFive years after the port blast, Beirut's wounds remain unhealed

Much of the physical damage has been repaired - but closure remains elusive for people frustrated by delays in the investigation and unresolved questions of accountability

MENAJuly 30, 2025
The burial service for Pvt Sean Rooney who was killed while serving with a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon in December 2022. PA
Lebanon sentences man to death for killing Irish peacekeeper

'Unsatisfactory' that killer Mohammad Ayyad still at large, Irish government says

MENAJuly 29, 2025
Ziad Rahbani's mother Fairuz was among the famous guests at the composer's funeral near Bikfaiya. AP
Lebanon ‘united in grief’ as mother Fairuz attends Ziad Rahbani’s funeral

Famous Lebanese composer laid to rest in hometown of Mhaydseh

MENAJuly 28, 2025
Georges Abdallah arrives at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport after being deported from France. AFP
Georges Abdallah arrives in Lebanon after four decades in French jail

Supporters welcome 74-year-old jailed over murder of two diplomats

MENAJuly 25, 2025
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