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Layla Mashkoor

Journalist

Abu Dhabi

Layla joined The National in 2020. She has worked for Buzzfeed News, Vice and Storyful in Hong Kong. She's contributed investigative reporting to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Layla specialises in open-source research and digital forensics. She has taught news verification workshops to journalists across Asia and the US.

PREVIOUS ARTICLES

Iraq issues arrest warrants for killers of activist Hisham Al Hashimi

By Layla Mashkoor●

Israel to increase water supply to Jordan

By Layla Mashkoor●

Iran-backed militias attack US forces in Iraq and Syria

By Layla Mashkoor and Robert Tollast●

Ain Al Asad: rockets hit Iraqi base hosting US troops

By Layla Mashkoor●

‘The whole town is on fire’: bushfire engulfs Canadian village as heatwave continues

By Layla Mashkoor●

Punjab province in Pakistan to block SIM cards and salaries of unvaccinated people

By Layla Mashkoor●

Ten workers from mine-clearing NGO shot dead in Afghanistan

By Layla Mashkoor●

Facebook to end exemptions for politicians who break platform rules

By Layla Mashkoor●

Arabic users trick algorithms to keep Palestinian content online

By Layla Mashkoor●

Sheikh Jarrah content takedowns reveal pattern of online restrictions in Palestine

By Layla Mashkoor●

Iraqi security officers wounded as suicide bomber shot in Kirkuk

By Sinan Mahmoud and Layla Mashkoor●

Ramadan 2021: Social media helps new Muslims connect as Covid closes mosques

By Layla Mashkoor●

John Kerry denies giving Israeli intel to Iran after Zarif leaks

By Layla Mashkoor●

Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese fruit and vegetable imports over drug smuggling concerns

By Layla Mashkoor and Aya Iskandarani●

Iran says it is capable of enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels

By Layla Mashkoor●