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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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      Lebanon's prime minister-designate Najib Mikati will continue in a caretaker role until a government is formed. Reuters
      Najib Mikati named Lebanon's prime minister-designate

      Billionaire businessmen to keep caretaker role until new government is installed

      LebanonJune 23, 2022
      Bank customers hold a protest outside the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut. EPA
      Lebanon's MPs to nominate next prime minister

      Incumbent Najib Mikati is the front-runner but faces a challenge from judge and former envoy to the UN, Nawaf Salam

      LebanonJune 23, 2022
      Aurore Feghali, of the Lebanese Energy Ministry, Magdy Galal, chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company and Nabih Khrestin, of the Syrian General Petroleum Corporation, sign the deal in Beirut. Reuters
      Lebanon signs deal to import gas from Egypt through Syria

      Nation has become hugely dependent on private generators due to faltering electricity sector

      LebanonJune 21, 2022
      Lebanon has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus. Reuters.
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      Lebanon reports first case of monkeypox

      The patient is in a stable condition and self-isolating at home

      LebanonJune 20, 2022
      Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli has reported 174 cases of hepatitis A since an outbreak began in recent weeks. Reuters
      Lebanon reports new hepatitis A outbreak in Tripoli

      While disease is endemic to Lebanon, the current outbreak is larger than normal

      LebanonJune 14, 2022
      A tugboat pulls the Energean vessel along Egypt's Suez Canal. AFP
      US mediator in Beirut amid Lebanon-Israel maritime boundary dispute

      Amos Hochstein seeking to stand-off over Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea

      MENAJune 13, 2022
      The Lebanese civil war, which lasted until 1990, was fought between a bewildering array of sectarian, ideological and foreign armed factions in continuously shifting alliances. Getty Images
      Armed groups 'repeatedly used sexual violence in Lebanon's civil war'

      Report says rape was utilised to persecute and humiliate communities

      LebanonJune 10, 2022
      An Israeli naval vessel on patrol in the Mediterranean near the Lebanese border yesterday. US-mediated talks about the countries' maritime boundaries began in 2020, but have made little progress. Photo: EPA
      Why Lebanon and Israel are at odds over maritime boundary

      Both countries claim the potentially lucrative Karish offshore gas field

      LebanonJune 07, 2022
      It took 46 sessions and 29 months for Lebanon’s parliament to finally elect President Michel Aoun in 2016. AFP
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      Lebanon braces for a drawn-out battle for the presidency

      A newly elected but divided parliament could struggle for consensus and precedent suggests it may paralyse the country for months

      WeekendMay 27, 2022
      A protester holds a Lebanese flag aloft as a security forces stand by during the removal of barriers leading to the Parliament building in Beirut. AP
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      Lebanon begins removing concrete barriers around Parliament

      Newly elected independent MPs had vowed to remove slabs that have shielded building since 2019 protests

      LebanonMay 24, 2022
      A poster depicting Lebanon's Christian Lebanese Forces party leader Samir Geagea, in Zahle. Reuters
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      Hezbollah and allies lose parliamentary majority in Lebanese elections

      No single bloc is expected to secure a majority in the 128-seat assembly

      LebanonMay 17, 2022
      Supporters of the Lebanese Forces party celebrate in the northern coastal city of Batroun. AFP
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      Hezbollah allies suffer blow in early Lebanon election results

      Druze politician Talal Arslan looks set to lose seat held for nearly 30 years

      LebanonMay 16, 2022
      Gebran Bassil reiterated his criticism of sanctions the US imposed on him personally in 2020 for alleged corruption and ties to Hezbollah. Reuters
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      Bassil blames US and Israel for party's woes in Lebanon elections

      The head of the Free Patriotic Movement could also lose his seat in parliament

      LebanonMay 16, 2022
      The Lebanese people voted for a new parliament on Sunday against the backdrop of an economic meltdown and low expectations that the election would significantly alter the political landscape. AP
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      Lebanon elections spark anger, apathy and cynicism

      Lebanon's poorest city wants change, but is split on how to find that

      LebanonMay 15, 2022
      Lama Ramadan poses in front of a building in Beirut. (Finbar Anderson / The National)
      Play31:49:20
      First-time Lebanese voter seeks accountability for Beirut blast

      Lama Ramadan, 33, believes the country finally has credible candidates

      LebanonMay 14, 2022
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