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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 country is facing a harsh winter
      Play9:24:37
      Lebanon's coastal areas flooded after torrential rain

      Winter downpours wreak havoc on roads in country already stricken by economic crisis

      LebanonNovember 30, 2022
      Achrafieh 2020 personnel are allowed to carry a torch and baton as they patrol the largely Christian neighbourhood from midnight to 6am. Matt Kynaston / The National
      Play29:52:21
      Postcard from Beirut: The neighbourhood watchmen keeping Achrafieh's streets safe

      But organisers reject comparisons with Lebanon Civil War militias who patrolled districts under pretext of 'security'

      LebanonNovember 25, 2022
      Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote during the sixth parliamentary session to elect a new president of Lebanon, last week. EPA
      Play33:12:53
      Lebanon fails to elect new president on seventh attempt

      Presidential hopeful Michel Moawad once again blocked by blank votes

      LebanonNovember 24, 2022
      Suspected cholera patients lie on a bed inside a field hospital in Bebnine, Akkar district, northern Lebanon October 28, 2022. REUTERS / Mohamed Azakir
      Camera10
      World Food Programme ups aid to Lebanon to $5.4bn over three years

      Food costs have soared as country struggles with a severe economic crisis

      LebanonNovember 21, 2022
      Nabih Berri (R), the Lebanese Parliament Speaker, casts his vote to elect a new president of Lebanon. EPA
      Lebanese parliament again fails to elect a president

      Country has yet to replace Michel Aoun since his departure last month

      LebanonNovember 17, 2022
      A satellite image of Shayrat airbase in Syria in 2017, scene of an alleged attack by Israel on Sunday. US Department of Defence via AP
      Lebanon condemns Israeli 'breach of air space' after bombing in Syria

      Syrian military says two soldiers were killed in attack on Shayrat airbase in Homs

      LebanonNovember 14, 2022
      Syrian women and children at a cholera awareness session by Unicef at a Syrian refugee camp in northern Akkar province, Lebanon, in October. AP
      Camera9
      Suffering of Lebanon's cholera patients - aged 4 and under

      Amid a lack of clean water and medicine, a quarter of confirmed or suspected cases are in those aged 4 and under

      WeekendNovember 11, 2022
      USAID director Samantha Power during a three-day visit to Lebanon. Reuters
      US pledges $72 million in food aid to Lebanon

      Relief assistance will help to feed an additional 650,000 people, USAID chief Samantha Power said

      LebanonNovember 09, 2022
      Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's office accused Israeli media of overblowing the regional forum and creating "uproar". EPA
      Camera44
      Lebanese PM Najib Mikati denies direct contact with Israel at Cop27

      Regional climate change meeting took place on sidelines of summit in Sharm El Sheikh

      LebanonNovember 09, 2022
      Cholera patients receive treatment in a mosque hall converted into a field hospital in Bebnine, northern Lebanon. AFP
      Camera9
      Egypt sends cholera vaccines to Lebanon

      More than 2,700 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported, along with 18 deaths

      LebanonNovember 08, 2022
      A health worker attends to a suspected cholera patient inside a field hospital in Bebnine, Lebanon, on October 28, 2022. Reuters
      Camera9
      Cholera rapidly spreading across Lebanon, WHO says

      WHO highlights shortage of medical workers and supplies required to tackle the outbreak

      LebanonNovember 01, 2022
      Lebanese President Michel Aoun waves to supporters during a speech outside the presidential palace in Beirut. AP
      Play33:12:53
      Lebanon's parliament session on government's fate will not lead to new president

      As departing President Michel Aoun calls for caretaker prime minister's resignation, backdoor negotiations continue over presidential successor

      LebanonNovember 01, 2022
      US envoy Amos Hochstein and Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon. Reuters
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      Lebanon and Israel officially sign US-mediated maritime deal

      Agreement is a milestone for two countries technically at war with each other

      LebanonOctober 27, 2022
      Gebran Bassil speaks to 'The National' at his home in Mtaileb, Lebanon. Matt Kynaston / The National
      Play33:12:53
      Gebran Bassil calls for consensus president as Lebanon vacuum looms

      Leader of Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement tells 'The National' he will not put himself forward for the role — for now

      LebanonOctober 26, 2022
      Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote during a parliament session to elect a new president. EPA
      Lebanon's MPs fail for a third time to elect next president

      The term of incumbent Michel Aoun ends in less than two weeks

      LebanonOctober 20, 2022
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