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Jamie Prentis

Jamie Prentis

Lebanon correspondent
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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Georges Bouchikian denies allegations of corruption during his time as a Lebanese government minister. Photo: NNA
Lebanese parliament lifts immunity from MP accused of corruption

Former industry minister Georges Bouchikian faces corruption allegations

MENAJuly 23, 2025
The southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, laid to waste after Israeli troops’ withdrawal. EPA
Israel kidnaps two in southern Lebanon as US pushes Hezbollah disarmament plan

Tom Barrack presses Beirut on arms control amid mounting internal and external pressure

MENAJuly 23, 2025
Lebanon's Justice Minister Adel Nassar. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
InterviewLebanon cannot call itself a state without answers to Beirut blast

Adel Nassar says his role is to ensure investigative judge has means to continue his work without political interference

MENAJuly 20, 2025
Lebanon's Roumieh prison. Reuters
ExclusiveLebanon seeks deal to send overcrowded prison inmates to Syria

Justice Minister Adel Nassar tells The National proposal would cover most Syrians in jail

MENAJuly 18, 2025
Bomb removal experts work in an area in the south of Lebanon, under a joint army-NGO programme. Mohamad Zanaty / The National
Unexploded munitions a lingering deadly threat of Israel's war on Lebanon

Experts return to southern areas already cleared of bombs from previous conflicts

MENAJuly 17, 2025
US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack arrives to meet Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Beirut on July 7. Reuters
Lebanon receives US response on disarming Hezbollah

Lebanese parliament questions government over performance

MENAJuly 15, 2025
A captagon factory raid in Lebanon on July 13 2025. Photo: Lebanese Army
Lebanon dismantles 'major' Captagon factory

Military says drugs lab in Baalbek region is among largest discovered so far

MENAJuly 14, 2025
Hezbollah supporters take part in an Ashura ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs on July 6, 2025. AFP
ExclusiveLebanon considers plan to disarm Hezbollah after Western guarantees

Assurance followed Lebanese response to US road map for disarming Hezbollah, sources say

MENAJuly 10, 2025
A building damaged by Israeli strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs in April. Reuters
Israel sends troops deeper into south Lebanon to destroy alleged Hezbollah sites

Israeli military continues to occupy five points inside Lebanese territory despite ceasefire

MENAJuly 09, 2025
Hezbollah supporters raise their hands and beat their chests as they march during Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon's Shiites mark Ashura amid calls for Hezbollah to disarm

First commemoration since the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah

MENAJuly 06, 2025
US special envoy Tom Barrack, left, meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, at the presidential palace in Baabda, on June 19. AP
Lebanon drafts response to US demands for cabinet to approve Hezbollah disarmament

Beirut is under immense US pressure to bring all weapons under state control as soon as possible

MENAJuly 01, 2025
Lebanese army soldiers stand guard in downtown Beirut. EPA
Lebanon fears extremist attacks, security sources say

The suspected leader of ISIS arrested in Lebanon was a school teacher, claimed the sources

MENAJune 30, 2025
An Indian soldier serving with Unifil speaks to The National in southern Lebanon. Mohamad Zanaty for The National
Special reportOn patrol with UN troops as 'normality returns' to Lebanon's fragile border

Iran-Israel conflict played out as residents of border area rebuild lives after Hezbollah-Israel war last year

MENAJune 27, 2025
Smoke rises from Israeli air strikes near Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon. AFP
Israel in south Lebanon bombing spree against alleged Hezbollah targets

At least 20 air strikes target underground facilities

MENAJune 27, 2025
Elon Musk's Starlink internet satellites already cover some Middle East countries. Reuters
Elon Musk invited to Lebanon after phone call with President Aoun

Tech billionaire expressed interest in entering Lebanon's telecoms sector

MENAJune 26, 2025
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