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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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      The Lebanese military at the scene near Beirut after a Hezbollah truck overturned. AFP
      Camera8
      Ammunition on Hezbollah lorry in Beirut, says Lebanese army

      Member of militant group and resident killed as clashes erupted after accident

      LebanonAugust 09, 2023
      A makeshift camp in Lebanon's Akkar province. Syrian refugees make up a quarter of the country's population. AFP
      Lebanon says UN agency to share data on Syrian refugees

      Status of people who fled the civil war is one of the country's most sensitive issues

      LebanonAugust 09, 2023
      Lebanese soldiers stand at the entrance of the Ain Al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp during clashes between supporters of the Fatah movement and rival groups. EPA
      Play14:34:40
      Lebanon security situation under control, officials say

      Several Gulf states have advised against visiting the country amid violence at the Ain Al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp

      LebanonAugust 07, 2023
      Demonstrators march near the port of Beirut to mark the third anniversary of the explosion which damaged much of the Lebanese capital. AFP
      Play17:41:20
      Lebanese rage at political classes as Beirut blast anniversary marked

      Domestic inquiry into August 4, 2020, explosion has been impeded by legal challenges

      LebanonAugust 04, 2023
      Jean-Yves Le Drian, the former French foreign minister and special envoy for Lebanon, arrives to meet with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (not pictured) in Beirut, Lebanon, 25 July 2023. Le Drian is in Beirut for a few days to meet with senior Lebanese officials and political leaders to discuss on the country's political crisis. The members of Lebanon's Parliament on 14 June 2023 failed for the 12th time to elect a new president to the country. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
      Play25:58:24
      Deadlock looms in Lebanon over Le Drian's September proposal

      French special envoy has suggested a cross-parliamentary working meeting

      LebanonAugust 04, 2023
      Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020. Reuters
      Camera6
      Renewed calls for international inquiry into Beirut blast

      Rights groups, survivors and families of the victims make call amid blocked domestic investigation

      LebanonAugust 03, 2023
      Members of Imam al-Mahdi scouts carry a picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a procession to mark Ashoura in Beirut. Reuters
      Camera12
      Hezbollah chief waiting for Paris to end Lebanon power vacuum

      Jean-Yves Le Drian has proposed September talks to end the months-long presidential impasse in Beirut

      LebanonJuly 30, 2023
      David Miliband says that there is 'a real problem that people have almost come to believe that the Syrian crisis will always be with us'. Matt Kynaston / The National
      Play36:53:20
      INTERVIEWDavid Miliband says normalisation of Syrian refugee plight is dangerous

      International Rescue Committee chief says traditional aid funding pots are overstretched by a succession of global emergencies

      LebanonJuly 28, 2023
      The leafy entrance to the Palmyra Hotel in Baalbek. Matthew Kynaston / The National.
      Play27:07:01
      Postcard from Baalbek: Palmyra, the 150-year-old hotel war couldn't close

      Opposite the ancient temple complex, it is one of Lebanon's oldest buildings and has never shut its doors to visitors

      WeekendJuly 14, 2023
      Sections of damaged grain silos collapsing on the second anniversary of the explosion at Beirut port. EPA
      Camera5
      MEPs demand sanctions on anyone blocking Beirut blast probe

      MEPs also back the creation of an independent and international fact-finding mission to investigate the 2020 explosion

      LebanonJuly 13, 2023
      The economic crisis in Lebanon has led to widespread shortages of essential goods. Reuters
      How is Lebanon functioning amid leadership vacuum?

      Many of Lebanon's senior state positions are empty or headed by temporary chiefs

      LebanonJuly 12, 2023
      The badly damaged grain silos in Beirut port in July last year, days before the second anniversary of the August 2020 explosion. AFP
      Play49:05:25
      'Justice being delayed' over Beirut port blast investigation

      Domestic investigation into deadly 2020 explosion has been hamstrung several times

      LebanonJuly 07, 2023
      Smoke rises in Kfarshouba, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon. Reuters
      Israel strikes Lebanon after rocket attack near border

      Army confirms retaliatory action after projectile was launched near Ghajar

      LebanonJuly 06, 2023
      Hannibal Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, in 2010. Reuters.
      Hannibal Qaddafi readmitted to Lebanese hospital amid hunger strike

      Son of late Libyan leader went on a hunger strike last month

      LebanonJuly 03, 2023
      A Lebanese farm worker with a basket of courgettes. Getty
      World Bank approves $200m for Lebanon's agricultural sector

      Lebanese farmers have been hit by a succession of blows in recent years

      LebanonJune 30, 2023
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