Ali Mustafa

Senior Producer - Americas

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Ali Mustafa is a Senior Producer with Al Jazeera English's Digital Division. A veteran war correspondent with twenty-two years of reporting from the field, Ali has covered the Russian invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, the US-Taliban deal in Doha in 2022 and the subsequent American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Syria's 2012 - 2023 civil war. The Libyan warlord Haftar's 2019 siege of the capital Tripoli. The 2014 - 2016 war against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. The 2018 Turkish military offensive against al-Shabab in Somalia, Azerbaijan's 2020 war against Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, 2023 Sudan civil war, and Israel's war on Gaza and the Palestinian territories 2015 - 2025.

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These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran, as well as Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, from August 23, 2026.

FILE PHOTO: A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 30, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/via WANA (West Asia News Agency)via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL. NO ACCESS FOR ISRAELI MEDIA. NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA. DIGITAL: NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA./File Photo

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

BANDAR ABBAS, IRAN - AUGUST 10: Ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026 off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. In a recent statement, Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the vital waterway would not reopen until the United States corrects its behavior, demanding that the U.S. end its war on Iran and compensate the country for war damage, among other conditions. Iran has largely halted vessel traffic through the strait with the threat of strikes; meanwhile, the U.S. has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports. (Photo by Ali Saeedi/Getty Images)

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

Iran War

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Monday, August 17, 2026.

President Donald Trump yells to reporters after disembarking Air Force One

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Tuesday, August 4, 2026.

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27, 2026. Razieh Poudat/ISNA/via WANA (West Asia News Agency)via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL. NO ACCESS FOR ISRAELI MEDIA. NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA. DIGITAL: NO USE BBC PERSIAN. NO USE VOA PERSIAN. NO USE MANOTO. NO USE IRAN INTERNATIONAL. NO USE RADIO FARDA.

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from August 3, 2026.

Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from August 2, 2026.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on August 2, 2026.

These were the updates on July 31, 2026.

People inspect the site of a bombing.

Bolivia’s former president is being investigated ‘for armed uprising’ against the state, among other things.

(FILES) Former Bolivian president Evo Morales holds a coca plant on his private farm in Villa Victoria, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, on June 24, 2026.

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