Jamie Prentis

Beirut correspondent @TheNationalNews

[Mina Al-Oraibi @AlOraibi]

Carlos Ghosn tells @JamiePrentis 'story is far from finished' as he launches fightback against Nissan https://t.co/SzpMgjk0TB via @TheNationalNews

[The National @TheNationalNews]

“The cracks are getting bigger and bigger."
Tripoli fears impending disaster after earthquake rocks neglected buildings https://t.co/JSuE9l9dej

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

Details still a bit sparse - unclear how UNIFIL vehicle ended up there. Al-Aqbieh not directly on the highway linking the south with Beirut. Vehicle was lying on its side on a small side street leading off one of Al-Aqbieh’s main roads.

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

Just been in Al-Aqbieh in southern Lebanon after last night’s incident which led to the death of an Irish peacekeeper following apparent dispute over the UNIFIL convoy’s route to Beirut. https://t.co/QYQGcZguMR

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

It's hard to describe the desperation felt by those who risk everything to escape Lebanon by sea.

They've heard the smuggler stories, they know the dangers. But people keep risking it. In some ways, poverty is more violent than death.
https://t.co/6UdgMtHgTx

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

Protestors outside Banque Du Liban set fire to tires, throw them at the gates + lob projectiles over.

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

They have now moved back to where they originally gathered - the Qasr El Adel - where a judge inside is deciding what to do with Bassam’s case.

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

Supporters of Bassam Al Sheikh Hussein, who held up a bank in Beirut demanding access to his trapped savings to pay for his father’s hospital treatment, blocked the Sami El Solh road and demanded his release. “We are blocking the streets, we want him out now,” his lawyer said.

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

Hezbollah and Amal supporters drive through downtown Beirut, stopping briefly outside the entrance to Riad El Solh street

[The National @TheNationalNews]

“We want somebody to feel with us, to hurt with us.”

Lebanon's poorest city in 'dire need of change', say voters
https://t.co/Em4Kf2NuwT

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

@AngusMckeeUK @M93Mayosh

[Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin]

“As the mass killing took place last year, @SGMinAungHlaing is the most responsible and of course #AungSanSuuKyi is complicit in the ongoing genocide against Rohingyas. She should be tried at ICC,” https://t.co/tWU1KXluK1 @drzarni #Rohingya #Myanmar

[Mary Fitzgerald @maryfitzger.bsky.social @MaryFitzger]

A periodic part of the #Libya news cycle: some interlocutor (most often foreign) pops up to claim they are in contact w/ Saif al-Islam Gaddafi & he will run for election/is the future. Until Saif actually appears & says this himself many inside & outside Libya remain sceptical

[Rana Jawad @Rana_J01]

Settlement included an apology and a £500,000 payment to Ms Fatima Boudchar, Mr. Belhadj’s wife. #libya https://t.co/Hda4MBSOxP

[Mada Masr مدى مصر @MadaMasr]

In a phone call from Benina International Airport outside Benghazi, the head of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar told Mada Masr he was in good health, rebuffing reports about his deteriorating health that swirled after his hospitalization in Paris https://t.co/19QAZoy6ES

[Jamie Prentis @JamiePrentis]

@USAEmbassyLibya @M93Mayosh