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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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An Israeli strike on Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Friday. Reuters
Aoun accuses Iran of using Lebanon as 'bargaining chip' with US

Israel tells residents of eight villages in south to leave their homes

MENAJune 05, 2026
Lebanon is attempting to reform a penal system known for notoriously crowded prisons. Reuters
Lebanon moves a step closer to abolishing death penalty

Approval by committee of MPs paves way for vote in full parliament

MENAJune 03, 2026
Rescuers at the scene of an Israeli strike near a hospital in Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Reuters
Deadly violence in Lebanon despite Trump intervention

Defence Minister Katz says military can attack 'anywhere necessary' in Lebanon

MENAJune 02, 2026
An Israeli soldier takes position near the border with Lebanon. AFP
Israel ready to resume attacks on Beirut as invasion of south Lebanon expands

Iran news agency claims Tehran halted indirect talks and mediation because of Israeli operations in Lebanon

MENAJune 01, 2026
Protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Lebanese cleric Ahmad Al Assir and Syrian flags during a protest in Beirut. EPA
An assassin, a radical cleric: How jail amnesties exposed Lebanon's sectarianism

Plan to release inmates from desperately overcrowded prisons has provoked an all-too-familiar round of horse-trading that illustrates the country's chronic sectarianism

MENAMay 29, 2026
TOPSHOT - A fireball erupts from a building following an Israeli strike in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on May 28, 2026. The Israeli military said on May 28 it had begun new strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure around the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after issuing an evacuation warning to its residents. (Photo by KAWANT HAJU / AFP)
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Israeli military orders displacement of all southern Lebanon

Residents told to go north of Zahrani River, with all areas to south considered combat zones

MENAMay 27, 2026
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah commemorate Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut on May 25. Reuters
Hezbollah ramps up rhetoric on 26th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon

Leader Naim Qassem says people should take to streets over failure to 'protect sovereignty'

MENAMay 25, 2026
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike on the village of Mayfadoun in Lebanon. Israeli attacks damaged a hospital in the region. AFP
US widens sanctions to hit Lebanon's powerful deep state

Close allies of Speaker Nabih Berri and military officers included in latest measures

MENAMay 22, 2026
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on a southern Lebanese village. AFP
Hezbollah's drones slow Israeli advances as colonel injured in south Lebanon bombing

Extensive Israeli air strikes continued across area on Thursday

MENAMay 21, 2026
Workers repair electricity infrastructure, damaged during Israeli strikes on Wednesday, in Tyre, south Lebanon. Reuters
Strait of Hormuz closure inflicts more financial woes on Lebanon's generator users

Crisis linked to the blockade hits Lebanon disproportionately hard

MENAMay 09, 2026
Smoke from an Israeli bombardment rises behind Beaufort Castle. AFP
Lebanon's Crusader-era Beaufort Castle is consumed by conflict once again

The imperious 12th-century fortification has had a bird's-eye view of many battlefields. Now, with its surrounding villages emptied by forced displacement orders as Israel's air strikes rain down, war has returned to its doorstep

MENAMay 08, 2026
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut. AFP
Israel kills Hezbollah commander in first attack on Beirut in weeks

The attack on the capital comes amid continuing Israeli strikes and demolitions across southern Lebanon

MENAMay 06, 2026
Lebanese soldiers secure the site of an Israeli drone attack in southern Beirut. AFP
Lebanese army enters Beirut suburbs to arrest gunmen who fired at Hezbollah funeral

Rare army intervention in southern suburbs comes as Hezbollah fighters engage in major clash with Israeli troops

MENAMay 05, 2026
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike on the village of Kfar Tibnit, Lebanon. AFP
Angry Birds caricature of Hezbollah leader deepens Lebanon divide

Pro-Hezbollah accounts respond with online posts attacking Maronite leader

MENAMay 04, 2026
Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for three Lebanese Civil Defense members in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Thursday. Reuters
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Israeli attacks kill nine in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

Nearly two dozen wounded as military carries out extensive morning strikes

MENAApril 30, 2026
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