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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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      A demonstrator during a protest organized by Depositors' Outcry, a group campaigning for angry depositors, against informal restrictions on cash withdrawals and deteriorating economic conditions in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
      Camera11
      Lebanese protesters set fires and break windows at Beirut banks

      The country's currency has lost more than 98 per cent of its value against the dollar since the start of the economic crisis in 2019

      LebanonFebruary 16, 2023
      The rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya, a week after the earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. AFP
      Play28:49:46
      Number of Lebanese citizens killed in quake likely to rise

      At least 10 were killed in Turkey, while five others are believed to be trapped under the rubble

      LebanonFebruary 15, 2023
      Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri greets his supporters after he paid his respects at the grave of his father, former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, on the 18th anniversary of his assassination in Beirut. AP
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      Saad Hariri returns to Lebanon to mark anniversary of father's assassination

      The former prime minister withdrew from political life last year and has been living in the UAE

      LebanonFebruary 14, 2023
      Michel Moawad, centre, has garnered the support of about a third of the Lebanese parliament. AP
      Lebanese presidential candidate Moawad on putting ego aside to prevent 'chaos'

      The MP wants a 'sovereigntist' and 'reformist' head of state who can lead Lebanon through a difficult next six years

      LebanonFebruary 14, 2023
      A clerk inspects the cargo of a truck among a convoy carrying tent and shelter kits provided by the UN, at Syria's Bab Al Hawa border crossing with Turkey. AFP
      Play20:25:14
      White Helmets demand extra border crossings to allow aid into Syria

      UN lambasted for 'failure to act quickly to save Syrian lives'

      SyriaFebruary 12, 2023
      A man walks past a closed Bank of Beirut branch in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
      Play169:12:53
      Lebanon's banks close indefinitely after court ruling criticised

      Decision by Association of Banks of Lebanon will not affect ATMs

      LebanonFebruary 07, 2023
      Lebanese Civil Defence, the Lebanese army and Lebanese Red Cross gather ahead of leaving to quake-hit Syria on a rescue mission, in Beirut, Lebanon February 7, 2023. REUTERS / Mohamed Azakir
      Play9:41:20
      Lebanon sends soldiers and rescuers to earthquake-hit Syria and Turkey

      While the quake and its aftershocks were felt in Lebanon, the country has been relatively unaffected

      LebanonFebruary 07, 2023
      A bus donated to the Lebanese public transport sector by the French government is unloaded in Beirut last May. EPA
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      Buses donated to Lebanon gather dust

      Barely a month after taking to the road, the project has run into funding problems

      LebanonFebruary 03, 2023
      A man counts Lebanese banknotes at an exchange shop in Beirut. Most of them were shut on Thursday. Reuters
      Lebanon's scapegoat money changes close as currency slides

      Most of the usually busy cash exchanges in central Beirut were closed as reports spread that the government was shutting them down

      LebanonFebruary 02, 2023
      Riad Salameh, the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, speaks during a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
      Why Lebanon’s exchange rate change just cost banks about $8bn

      On Wednesday the local currency was devalued by 90 per cent but remained far below the commonly used rate on the parallel market

      LebanonFebruary 01, 2023
      A photo taken a day after the Beirut port explosion shows damage to its grain silos and surrounding area. Reuters
      Play49:05:25
      Lebanese religious leaders take sides in blast probe row

      Maronite Patriarch and top Shiite cleric take opposing stances over judge investigating 2020 explosion

      LebanonJanuary 30, 2023
      People try to enter the Justice Palace in Beirut during a protest in the Lebanese capital on Thursday. AP Photo
      Play49:05:25
      Lebanese MPs condemn judicial blockage over Beirut port blast probe

      Justice Minister Henri Khoury accused of failing to act on pleas to resolve latest stand-off over investigation into deadly 2020 explosion

      LebanonJanuary 27, 2023
      Relatives of victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion try to push their way into Lebanon's Justice Palace. AFP
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      Clashes at protest in Lebanon over blast probe investigation

      Protesters clash with security outside the ministry after yet another judicial blockage into the investigation

      LebanonJanuary 26, 2023
      The collapsed northern section of the Beirut grain silos damaged in the August 2020 port blast. Reuters
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      Lebanon's top prosecutor orders release of Beirut blast detainees

      Prosecutor General Ghassan Oueidat also files charges against investigative judge Tarek Bitar

      LebanonJanuary 25, 2023
      Relatives of the victims of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port blast demand justice. AP
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      Public prosecutor charged over Beirut explosion, reports say

      Judge Tarek Bitar unexpectedly resumed his inquiry on Monday after it was halted by high-level political resistance

      LebanonJanuary 24, 2023
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