Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Our @pbsnews.org team has just returned from an extensive trip through Afghanistan reporting on every aspect of life for Afghans, many of whom feel abandoned five years after the Taliban took power. Starting tonight, our six-part series filmed across this beautiful & beleaguered country. 0134
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Join us next Thursday 28th at the Frontline Club for a night with @sallyhayd.bsky.social, telling stories of love and connection from the world’s darkest war zones. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...eventbrite.co.ukBook talk: This is Also a Love StoryAn event to mark the publication of Sally Hayden's second book, 'This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World'. 074
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Nowruz Pirouz va Eid-e-shoma Mobarak. Feeling incredibly lucky to be safe at home to celebrate with my family. Praying the new year pulls us out of this darkness and brings safety, love and community to all. 4376
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I give you my weakness, my heaviness. I take the strength, warmth, power of your fire. It feels impossible to say happy chaharshanbe suri this year, so instead I’ll wish all of us a hopeful one. I say this every year, now I pray it’s true: Look to the light, for it’s always darkest before the dawn 🔥 1154
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Join us tonight for a pressing Media Society discussion about the challenges of reporting the war in Iran, where I’ll be speaking alongside @fergalkeane.bsky.social and Gavin Esler. Get your tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iran-the-m....eventbrite.co.ukIRAN - the Media at WarA Media Society debate on Zoom about how the media is covering the Iran War. 050
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 11/03/2026"It feels like we're not human." 1,100 Afghan refugees, mostly women & kids, are trapped on a disused military base w/ Iranian missiles raining down overhead after Pres.Trump froze refugee visas. We secretly spoke w/ them; they have no shelters & are begging to be rescued www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgAfghans stranded for a year by Trump's refugee freeze now caught in new warPresident Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a d... 11816
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 10/03/2026As a new Supreme Leader was named, Iran’s people focused on the grief of burying their dead, killed in a heavy weekend of US-Israeli air strikes, while toxic smoke filled the skies of Tehran, burning oil from a bombed oil depot setting homes ablaze. Our story @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgAs Iran war deepens, Khamenei’s son named new supreme leaderThe U.S.-Israeli war in Iran is now in its 10th day with no signs of letting up. But President Trump insisted the war is “very complete,” adding the U.S. is far ahead of his four to five week estimate... 24014
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026North Tehran’s Aqdasiyeh oil depot is ablaze tonight after it was targeted by multiple US-Israeli airstrikes. Apocalyptic scenes filmed by Iranians driving on the nearby highway. Local reporters saying firefighters can’t put it out. This depot is critical energy infrastructure for Iran. 741711857
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Emergency alert for incoming missiles has gone off again here in Doha, Qatari air defence currently engaging incoming fire in the sky. But gulf nations’ missile defence systems are starting to run low. 1177
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Tonight on the PBS @NewsHour we’re live from Doha, Qatar. Tune in from 6pm EST/11pm GMT for the latest on the conflict burning through the Middle East. 1185
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 02/03/2026BREAKING: Israel has launched air strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut. @IDF statement says Hezbollah militants fired rockets across the border. Israel has continued to strike southern Lebanon almost daily since the November 2024 ceasefire but rarely extended to the capital 02216
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Massive strike on Tehran’s Vanak Sq this morning, in a densely populated residential area. All my family live in this neighbourhood, no contact with them since last night. Every Iranian is facing this cruel reality; an internet shutdown w/ comms almost impossible amidst terror of heavy bombing. 6159
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Iranians taking to the streets last night to celebrate confirmation Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed by yesterday’s airstrikes. Joy & relief after decades of abuse; but many also don’t want their country bombed by Israel & US despite being happy Khamenei’s gone. Both can be concurrently true. 1030757
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 28/02/2026BREAKING: At least 200 people have been killed and 747 injured so far in US-Israeli strikes across 24 provinces of Iran today, latest figures from the Iranian Red Crescent. 088
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 28/02/2026At least 50 children have been killed & <60 injured in an Israeli air strike on a girls’ school in Minab in #Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, per state media. Unlike overnight attacks last year, Israel’s strikes this morning apparently timed to inflict maximum damage, casualties & disruption. 3912
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Absolutely heartbroken at the devastating @washingtonpost.com layoffs. Gutting one of the world’s finest foreign reporting teams, staffed by some of the bravest, most insightful & hard-working journalists I know, is destructive madness. My heart is with my friends and colleagues at the Post today❤️🩹 072
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Thank you to the packed crowd who turned out to this excellent Frontline Club discussion last night - with brilliant panellists Kirsty Sutherland, Liz Harding and Xenia Wickett. Check out frontline.com/events for lots more in the coming weeks. 061
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The end of the world as we know it? Join us @frontlineclub on Monday 26th January with ICC barrister Kirsty Sutherland & former White House insider Xenia Wickett. Only a few tickets left, get yours now at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc... 040
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 03/01/2026My first run in over a year, with these fluffy mascots for support. It feels good to be back. Treasure your health, gang - you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. 0232
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Sending love and light to all my Iranian family and friends gathering together for Shab-e-Yalda, and wishing you community through this longest of nights. Remember that it’s always darkest before the dawn. 0142
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Masked gangs of Israeli settlers marauding through the streets armed with bats and Molotov cocktails. Cars and homes smashed apart and set on fire. This is now the daily reality for Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. Our @pbsnews.org film. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgIsraeli settlers attack Palestinians with impunity, halting West Bank olive harvestIsrael's cabinet voted to extend legal status to 19 previously illegal settlements late last night, formalizing more control of land in the West Bank. Attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinian co... 63521
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Join us at the Frontline Club on Monday for what promises to be a very fun evening - with the great Karl Sharro & Shayma Bakht and our puppet master Faisal Al Yafai. Tickets going fast, get yours now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...eventbrite.co.ukPanel discussion: Middle East in ReviewReporting the Middle East in 2025, a year of news. 020
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Dust, fire & death: the daily reality for Lebanese. In the year since a so-called ceasefire was signed to end the Israel-Lebanon war, Israel has violated the ceasefire 10,000 times. As strike victims try to heal, bombs continue to fall. Our @newshour.bsky.social story: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgDeadly Israeli strikes continue in Lebanon nearly a year since ceasefire beganNext week marks one year since the ceasefire that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon. During that time, fighting on the ground has continued. Just this week, Israel launched strikes in southern... 0137
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Just a few tickets left for tomorrow night’s book launch @frontlineclub. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear @ntabrizy.bsky.social speak about her deep & unprecedented reporting into Iran’s female-led protest movement & the regime’s violent suppression if it www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...eventbrite.co.ukBook Launch: For the Sun After Long NightsIranian journalists chronicle protests against Iran’s oppressive Islamic Republic, and the regime’s repressive reaction. 062
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We spoke to released Palestinian prisoners who allege severe abuse while incarcerated, & families of detainees whose bodies have been returned to Gaza bearing signs of torture. Our @pbsnews.org story. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgPalestinians say bodies and detainees returned by Israel show signs of torture and abuseAs part of the latest ceasefire deal, Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees and the bodies of nearly 200. Many of the dead show what Palestinian officials and relatives ... 13625
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 25/10/2025My beautiful friend Suha Husein is singing at a concert in Ramallah tomorrow to raise funds for families struggling to survive in Gaza. There’s an option to donate below the ticket sales. Donate here: eventati.co/events/forum... Please give as generously as you can 🙏❤️eventati.coCultural concert ramallaheventati is an online platform that enables event organizers to create, promote, and sell tickets for events of various sizes 094
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Please watch our @pbsnews.org film, made across the last year. A generation of children, severely injured by Israeli strikes, are facing unnecessary disability, amputation & even death because Israel’s authorities won’t let them leave Gaza to seek treatment. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgWar leaves Gaza’s children with deep physical wounds and lasting traumaThe Gaza health ministry says nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed over the last two years of fighting. The scale of the death has been staggering, and the war's toll on children is overwhelmin... 12224
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Join us at the Frontline Club on November 4th for a rare insight into the women behind Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protests and what they did next. Speak to author @ntabrizy.bsky.social about her ground breaking work & buy a signed copy of the book. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...eventbrite.co.ukBook Launch: For the Sun After Long NightsIranian journalists chronicle protests against Iran’s oppressive Islamic Republic, and the regime’s repressive reaction. 041
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 19/10/2025As Israel’s military launches a wave of air strikes across Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians after it says Hamas fighters killed 2 soldiers in the south of the strip, is the ceasefire falling apart? Tune in to @pbsnews.org tonight for the very latest from Tel Aviv. 0104
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 16/10/2025“Our memories are gone. Our dreams our gone. All our childhood is gone.” Mohammad Zaqou returned home to Gaza City yesterday. In place of his house, once filled with love and laughter, he found a crumbling concrete husk. Our @pbsnews.org story. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgPalestinians return to ruins where homes once stood as Israel awaits remains of hostagesThe process of returning dead hostages continues as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds. Israel accuses Hamas of stalling the return of remains as promised in the deal. Hamas and the ... 44224
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Live from Tel Aviv - tune in to @pbsnews.org now for all the latest and what comes next on a momentous day, as all the remaining living hostages leave Gaza and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners are released. 291
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Back in Tel Aviv as the country awaits the release of the remaining hostages. The carefully coordinated handover process is due to begin later this morning, in multiple stages. 071
Reposted by Leila Molana-AllenAndrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Latest Daily for Monocle Radio considers today's developments in Doha and the day's other stuff with @leilama.bsky.social and Michael Binyon, plus Mae-Li Evans reports on Royal Court Theatre's new production of "Deaf Republic". monocle.com/radio/shows/...monocle.comIsrael carries out targeted strike on Hamas leaders in Doha - MonocleThe latest following Israel’s attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar. Then: as France’s government collapses, we unpack what’s next for... 123
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 01/09/2025#ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza 0163
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The handsomest hound you ever did meet. We’re pretty sure he’s half Malinois half Lurcher, but what’s for absolute certain is he’s 100% Good Boy. 3160
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Seven years ago today this wild, beautiful little beast moved into my home. Happy gotcha day Fred. Thank you for choosing me to be your mama ❤️ 180
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 12/08/2025“Last month CPJ warned of an Israeli military smear campaign against Anas which it feared was manufacturing evidence to justify his assassination… It’s becoming clear that just b/c Israeli authorities say a journalist is a hamas fighter, that can’t be taken at face value.” Speaking on Monocle Radio 082
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Stop killing our colleagues. Stop banning us from working. Stand up for journalists and the free press before it’s too late. 0247
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Just last month, the Committee to Protect Journalists warned it was “gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination.” cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-...cpj.orgCPJ calls for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, July 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military ... 1176
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 11/08/2025The targeting of journalists must stop. Journalism is not a crime. 04016
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them 7354146
Reposted by Leila Molana-AllenBetcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Heartbreaking reporting by @leilama.bsky.social: "A single moment that changed the face of a city and its people. At 6:08 p.m. on August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the Port of Beirut, ravaging 12 miles of the city. It was the third largest non-nuclear explosion in history."pbs.org5 years after Beirut blast, victims struggle to rebuild lives as leaders evade blameFive years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, no... 064
Reposted by Leila Molana-AllenEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 04/08/2025PBS Newshour's @leilama.bsky.social original reporting is always stellar. Tune in to @pbsnews.org online. Or catch the broadcast later on YouTube @PBSNewsHour. 152