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      Jamie Prentis

      Jamie Prentis

      Lebanon correspondent
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      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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      Fouad Makhzoumi has represented West Beirut in parliament since 2018. Bloomberg
      MP Makhzoumi on Lebanon's power vacuum and relations with Riyadh

      Lebanon has been without a President for six months and its parliament is divided more than ever

      LebanonMay 16, 2023
      Riad Salameh at a news conference in Beirut, in 2019. Reuters
      French judge issues arrest warrant for Lebanon's Riad Salameh

      Lebanon's central bank chief failed to appear at his hearing on Tuesday

      LebanonMay 16, 2023
      Lebanese protesters take part in a demonstration against monetary policies on Tuesday. AFP
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      Angry depositors launch fireworks in attacks on Beirut banks

      Protesters once again target banking institutions in Lebanese capital amid financial collapse

      LebanonMay 09, 2023
      Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote during the sixth parliamentary session to elect a new president of Lebanon, at the Parliament building in Beirut on November 17, 2022. EPA
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      Why is Lebanese parliament not meeting to elect new president?

      Lebanon has been without a successor to Michel Aoun for six months and MPs have not met in parliament since January

      LebanonMay 05, 2023
      The empty cabinet meeting room after the six-year term of president Michel Aoun ended. EPA
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      US calls on Lebanon to elect president 'free of corruption'

      Country has been without a head of state for months

      LebanonMay 02, 2023
      Adham Al Danaf, the mayor of Baalchmay, says the town's water woes are the result of Lebanon's electricity crisis. Jamie Prentis / The National
      Lebanon's electricity crisis exacerbates water scarcity problem

      Some villages and towns are turning to solar panels to power water pumps but these are just local solutions to a nationwide problem

      MENAApril 30, 2023
      Group chairman Khalaf Al Habtoor said earlier this year he hoped the mall would reopen soon. Getty
      Al Habtoor Group to reopen prominent Beirut mall

      The shopping centre closed in March 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic spread

      LebanonApril 28, 2023
      Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, meets Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Beirut. EPA
      Iran urges Lebanon to end its six-month presidential vacuum

      Tehran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian made the comments on a visit to Beirut

      LebanonApril 27, 2023
      Marianne Hoayek, a senior executive adviser, has worked at Lebanon's central bank since 2003. Photo: Banque du Liban
      Riad Salameh's assistant faces European investigators in Beirut

      Marianne Hoayek is a suspect in inquiry into alleged embezzlement by Lebanon's central bank Governor

      LebanonApril 27, 2023
      Lebanon's health sector is struggling to cope with the economic crisis. Elizabeth Fitt for The National
      Lebanon's economic crisis pushes isolated communities into health care misery

      In Baalbek-Hermel governorate, residents face many problems when seeking life-saving services

      LebanonApril 27, 2023
      A member of the Royal Jordanian Air Force carries a child as Jordanian and other citizens evacuated from Sudan arrive at Marka Military Airport in Amman. Reuters
      How Middle East countries are rescuing citizens from Sudan

      More than 450 people have been killed in clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

      MENAApril 26, 2023
      The Lebanese town of Arsal, where about two-thirds of residents are Syrian refugees. Jamie Prentis / The National
      Lebanon’s Syrian refugees face bleak Ramadan

      UN agencies say that about 90 per cent of Syrian families in Lebanon require assistance to survive

      LebanonApril 09, 2023
      Syrian refugee camps in the Lebanese border town of Arsal. Jamie Prentis / The National
      Skin infections surge in Lebanon's isolated Syrian refugee camps

      Increase has been linked to a lack of clean water and woeful sanitation conditions

      LebanonApril 07, 2023
      Local children look on a small bridge that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Alqulaylah village, southern Lebanon, 07 April 2023. Israeli military launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon on 06 and 07 April amid tension arising from an incident at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. According to Israeli Defense Forces, an initial inquiry identified 34 rockets that were fired from Lebanese territory into Israel and in response Israeli army launched airstrikes into southern Lebanon. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
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      Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza in major escalation

      Attacks come after dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon the day before

      LebanonApril 07, 2023
      Smoke rises amid buildings during Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Reuters
      Explosions in Gaza Strip as Israel launches air strikes

      Attacks come hours after Benjamin Netanyahu said enemies 'will pay the price for every act of aggression'

      MENAApril 06, 2023
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