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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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      People walk past a torn campaign banner, ahead of parliamentary election that are scheduled for May 15, in Tripoli. Reuters
      Can Lebanon's activists break the hold of crisis hit parties in Tripoli?

      Sunni leader Saad Hariri isn’t running, the Sunni vote is divided and apathy may depress turnout in Lebanon’s second city, but can the activists capitalise?

      LebanonMay 10, 2022
      May 15 will be the first time Lebanon has gone to the polls since protests engulfed the country in October 2019 and the blast that struck Beirut's port in August 2020. Reuters
      Surge in Lebanese diaspora on electoral register 'could influence vote'

      Researchers forecast telling contribution from overseas polling in May 15 vote

      LebanonMay 03, 2022
      Glasses of jallab, which are often served during Ramadan.
      Play15:38:40
      Postcard from Lebanon: why jallab is still the Ramadan drink of choice

      Nostalgia surrounds beverage made from syrup of rose water and date molasses

      WeekendApril 22, 2022
      Increasingly families are forced to rely on such food packages for Ramadan and the rest of the year. Courtesy of Anera / Hisham Mahtouk
      Lebanese families forced to rely on food parcels to get through Ramadan

      Aid allows parents to buy essentials including medicine and fuel

      LebanonApril 21, 2022
      Syrian children play outside their tents at a refugee camp in the city of Arsal in Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Many families in Lebanon can no longer afford to travel to health facilities for basic immunisation services, Unicef said. AFP
      Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese children could miss life-saving vaccines: Unicef

      Parents unable to afford transport to healthcare centres amid country's crises

      LebanonApril 20, 2022
      The Deir Qannoubine monastery sits on top of a steep cliff in the Qadisha Valley in north Lebanon. Photo: Finbar Anderson / The National
      Play39:19:28
      Lebanon’s Christians seek simple Easter respite in ancient Qadisha Valley

      Centuries-old monastery Deir Qannoubine has long been a refuge for Maronite Christian communities

      LebanonApril 15, 2022
      Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari held meetings with religious leaders and politicians on Monday. Reuters
      Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Beirut hosts key Lebanese figures for iftar

      Riyadh's envoy to Lebanon was reinstated last week following a diplomatic spat in October

      LebanonApril 12, 2022
      Lebanon has been suffering from a severe shortage of fuel. EPA
      Camera5
      Lebanon loses UN fuel support as government urged to find solution

      Emergency deliveries sought to prevent vital services from collapsing amid energy crisis

      LebanonApril 06, 2022
      Senior diplomat Moazzam Malik has reportedly declined a role in the new set up. Jefta Images/Future Publishing via Getty Images
      UK Foreign Office reshuffles senior roles for Ukraine crisis

      Move triggers fears of further erosion of country's international development reputation

      UKMarch 18, 2022
      A pushback, where an asylum seeker or refugee is forced back over a border without their case being resolved, is illegal under international law. AFP
      Syrian refugee sues EU border agency Frontex

      Alaa Hamoudi accused organisation of being complicit in illegal pushback of asylum seekers

      EuropeMarch 18, 2022
      A maternity and children's hospital in the southern city of Mariupol was shelled last week. AP
      Play12:51:54
      WHO: Ukraine's health system is 'on the brink'

      UN agency warn of threats that emergency medical teams face on the ground in Ukraine

      EuropeMarch 17, 2022
      This Maxar satellite image shows a close up view of apartment buildings and fires in western Mariupol, Ukraine.
      Camera10
      Satellite images show devastation in Mariupol following Russian attacks

      Besieged Ukrainian city has been bombarded for more than two weeks

      EuropeMarch 16, 2022
      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in Kyiv on March 15, 2022. AFP
      Play11:39:22
      Czech PM says Ukraine needs supplies to fend off Russian attacks

      Nato defence ministers gather as efforts to end conflict intensify

      EuropeMarch 16, 2022
      Jens Stoltenberg refused to speculate on whether the use of chemical weapons by Russia would trigger a military response from Nato. EPA
      Nato concerned Russia could stage 'false flag' chemical weapons attack

      Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also urges China to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine

      EuropeMarch 15, 2022
      Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a rare meeting on Sunday. AP
      Greek PM tests positive for Covid a day after meeting Erdogan

      Kyriakos Mitsotakis also met the spiritual head of Orthodox Christians

      EuropeMarch 14, 2022
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