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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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UN peacekeepers have been posted in southern Lebanon for about 50 years. AP
US could demand concessions from Lebanon to keep UN troops in place

UN Security Council discussing whether to extend or scrap Unifil peacekeeping force

MENAAugust 19, 2025
US ambassador in Lebanon Lisa Johnson, presidential envoy Morgan Ortagus and envoy to Syria Tom Barrack during a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. Reuters
US envoy calls on Israel to honour ceasefire with Lebanon

Tom Barrack meets President Joseph Aoun in Beirut amid push to bring all weapons under government's control

MENAAugust 18, 2025
A historic building in Nabatieh destroyed during the Hezbollah-Israel war. Photo: Mohamad Zanaty for The National
Lebanon's Nabatieh begins slow rebuild despite obstacles after war with Israel

Stately homes and Ottoman-era markets in the southern city were destroyed in heavy bombardment during the war last year

MENAAugust 15, 2025
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, left, and Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, met in Beirut. EPA
'No life for Lebanon if government confronts us', Hezbollah chief warns

Naim Qassem accuses government of handing country over to Israel by pushing for disarmament

MENAAugust 15, 2025
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
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