Mohammed Tawfeeq

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Mohammed Tawfeeq has more than 10 years' experience as an international news editor and producer specializing in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Wounded Palestinians lay at the al-Shifa hospital following Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
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Biden touts aid negotiations for Gaza, as US assesses Israel ‘not responsible’ for hospital blast
Oct 19, 2023
The US, Egypt and Israel have all signaled readiness for aid to begin moving into Gaza, following a high-profile visit to Israel by US President Joe Biden. The glimmer of hope for civilian relief in Gaza comes one day after a devastating hospital blast in the enclave that likely killed hundreds and infuriated the region.
People protest against Israel in Ramallah, the West Bank, on October 17.
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Gaza hospital explosion sparks anger and protests in Arab countries
Oct 18, 2023
A wave of anti-Israel protests erupted across the Middle East as anger escalated after the deadly Gaza City hospital blast which Palestinian officials in Gaza blamed on Israel.
TOPSHOT - A man reacts outside a burning collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on October 11, 2023. At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds wounded as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with hundreds of air strikes overnight, a Hamas government official said on October 11. The Israeli military confirmed it had hit several Hamas targets during the night in the Palestinian enclave. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel tells 1.1 million Gazans to evacuate south. UN says order is ‘impossible’
Oct 13, 2023
Israel’s military is telling 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes immediately, as it appears to prepare to ramp up retaliation for Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
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Gaza crisis grows under intense bombardment as Israel retaliates against Hamas atrocities
Oct 12, 2023
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepened Thursday, with warnings that the population is at risk of starvation and fuel could run out within hours, as Israel continues airstrikes and withholds essential supplies from the enclave in response to Hamas’ brutal terror attacks.
10/08/2023 Gaza, Palestine. Palestian children walks past debris in the courtyard of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) following Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza City on October 8, 2023. The Israeli army said it hit more than 500 targets in the Gaza Strip in overnight strikes, as the death toll from its war with Palestinian militants surged above 1,100. (Photo by Mohamed Zaanoun / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MOHAMED ZAANOUN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN staffers killed in Gaza as the organization calls for emergency funding
Oct 11, 2023
At least 11 United Nations employees have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since the weekend, the UN said Wednesday, even as it called for emergency funding to continue humanitarian work in the embattled Palestinian enclave.
A frame taken from Iran International's video shows part of the encounter between the Iranian official, right, and journalist Kian Amani, center.
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News channel says Iranian official attacked its journalist in New York
Sep 23, 2023
A journalist was attacked on Wednesday evening in New York City by an official who was part of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s camp, a news channel has alleged.
Supporters of women's rights in Iran march on the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini during a protest outside the White House in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2023. REUTERS/Allison Bailey NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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Protests erupt in Iran, one year after Mahsa Amini’s death
Sep 17, 2023
Protests erupted throughout Iran on Saturday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of Iran’s morality police after being arrested for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly.
Morrow state-run Al-Aoula television on Saturday showed multiple buildings collapsed near the epicenter of the earthquake.
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Morocco earthquake kills more than 2,000 and damages historic Marrakech
Sep 09, 2023
Rescuers were digging through rubble in remote mountainous areas of Morocco on Saturday in a desperate bid to find survivors after more than 2,000 people were killed in the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in decades.
Prisoners stand on the roof of the Turi jail where dozens of prison guards and police officers have been kidnapped by the inmates, in Cuenca, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. In the last 24 hours, Ecuador has been rocked by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)
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Dozens of prison officers freed after being taken hostage in Ecuador jails
Sep 02, 2023
Fifty prison guards and seven police officers have been freed after being taken hostage by inmates held in six prisons across Ecuador, authorities said, part of a coordinated protest against security operations being conducted inside the country’s violence-plagued penitentiaries.
Paul Whelan, a former US Marine detained in Russia, at a court hearing in Moscow on August 23, 2019.
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US detainee Paul Whelan seen inside Russian prison in rare video released by state media
Aug 30, 2023
Rare new video has emerged showing detained American Paul Whelan, who has been held in Russia for more than four years, inside his prison camp.
A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's rocket launch with file image during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, August 24, 2023. North Korea said Thursday that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed but vowed to make a third attempt in October.
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North Korea says its spy satellite launch has failed, again
Aug 24, 2023
North Korea’s second attempt to launch a spy satellite into orbit failed Thursday due to a malfunction in the third-stage of the rocket, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Margot Robbie stars as Barbie in the 2023 film release.
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Lebanon bans ‘Barbie’ movie for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Aug 10, 2023
The ban comes amid heightened anti-LGBTQ rhetoric by some politicians and government officials in Lebanon and the wider Middle East.
ROCKHAMPTON, AUSTRALIA - JULY 12: An Australian MRH-90 helicopter is seen landing at the Williamson airfied in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area as part of Battle Group Pegasus on July 12, 2017 in Rockhampton, Australia. Exercise Talisman Sabre, a biennial combined Australian and United States (US) training activity, is the largest combined military exercise hosted by the Australian Defence Force. The battle group consists of around twenty-four rotary wing aircraft from the Australian Army's 16th Aviation Brigade, the US Army's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Aircraft include US Army Blackhawks and Apaches attack helicopters, Australian MRH-90, chinooks and tiger helicopters along with New Zealand NH-90 helicopters. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)
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Four Australian army aircrew dead after helicopter crash during joint wargames with US
Jul 31, 2023
Four Australian army aircrew members who were aboard a helicopter that crashed into the sea on Friday have now been declared dead, according to Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Monday.
Members of security forces perform a search operation following the killing of a World Food Program (WFP) staffer a day earlier in Yemen's city of Turbah on July 22, 2023.
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Yemen police arrest 21 suspects in the murder of UN World Food Program local office head in Taiz
Jul 24, 2023
Yemen police have arrested 21 suspects in the killing of a local office head of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Taiz, according to Yemen’s Interior Ministry.
A man sits near his damaged house after heavy flooding in the Maidan Wardak province in the central of Afghanistan, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed multiple people and left dozens missing over the past three days. (AP Photo)
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Dozens swept away in flash floods in Afghanistan
Jul 23, 2023
At least 31 people have been killed in devastating flash floods that hit parts of Afghanistan over the weekend, authorities said Sunday.
A North Korean flag flies over the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, on July 19, 2022. (Photo by KIM HONG-JI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KIM HONG-JI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles, says South Korea
Jul 19, 2023
North Korea has launched two short-range ballistic missiles, which landed in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

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Mohammed Tawfeeq has more than 10 years’ experience as an international news editor and producer specializing in the Middle East and North Africa. He has covered historic events in the region, including the US-led invasion of Iraq and subsequent sectarian violence, the toppling of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya and the rise of ISIS.

His responsibilities include writing, filming, bureau management and producing for CNN correspondents and anchors.