Azhar Al-Rubaie

Azhar Al-Rubaie is a freelance journalist based in Iraq. Follow him on Twitter: @AzherRubaie

Author Articles

Escalating anger. Protesters chant slogans in front of the provincial council building in Basra, December 4. (AP)
Basra’s demonstrators to continue protests ‘until demands are met’
December 08, 2018
In harm’s way. Iraqi journalist Karrar Habeeb (R) while reporting in the southern city of Basra. (Azhar Al-Rubaie)
Journalism under threat in Iraq’s south
December 01, 2018
Iraqi women protest in the southern city of Basra, last July. (Azhar Al-Rubaie)
Basra protesters deny accusations of ties to US
November 17, 2018
Plight of Iraqi Christians begins in Mosul but does not end there
December 24, 2016

Basra - When parts of Nineveh province, including its capital, Mosul, were captured by the Islami

Social media platform tries to bridge sectarian divide in Iraq
November 19, 2016

Diwaniyah, Iraq - Iraq has seen a sharp increase in sectarian and ethnic tensions in the last dec

Iraqi journalists fleeing hardship at home
October 16, 2016

Basra, Iraq - Iraqis have joined the influx of migrants and refugees into Eu­rope in the past two

ISIS feels the heat as showdown over Mosul nears
September 25, 2016

BAGHDAD - As the showdown ap­proaches with the Iraqi Army, backed by the Shia-dominated mili­tias