Azhar Al-Rubaie

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

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Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani during his inauguration ceremony, June 10. (DPA)
Nechirvan Barzani’s presidential pick draws mixed reactions from Iraqis
June 15, 2019
Limited options. Products on display at a shop in al-Ashar market in central Basra, May 9. (Maher al-Hashimi)
Iraqis complain Basra market filled with Iranian produce
June 01, 2019
Traumatic memories. A 2017 file picture shows an Iraqi woman and her child walking by the destroyed al-Nuri mosque while fleeing from the Old City of Mosul. (AFP)
Iraqis see Baghdadi’s video as threat of more terror
May 04, 2019
A boy plays the online game PUBG on his mobile phone. (AP)
Iraqi youth frustrated with video game ban
April 27, 2019
Left to their fate. Vehicles sit at the edge of a flooded area in al-Qurna district in the Iraqi province of Basra, April 10.(AFP)
Iraqis furious with militiamen aiding Iran while ignoring troubles at home
April 20, 2019
A new phase in relations. Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim (C-L) raises the Saudi flag alongside Saudi Trade and Investment Minister Majid al-Qasabi (2nd-R) during the inauguration of the Saudi consulate compound in Baghdad, April 4. (AFP)
Iraqis welcome closer ties with Saudi Arabia in face of Iranian influence
April 13, 2019
A tragic blow. Iraqi rescue team members are seen at the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the TigrisRiver near Mosul, March 22. (Reuters)
Mosul ferry disaster illustrates Iraq’s wider problems
March 30, 2019
Official welcome cannot hide Iraqis’ misgivings about Rohani's visit
March 16, 2019
Cries of disillusionment. Protesters chant slogans in front of the provincial council building during a demonstration in Basra, February 1. (AP)
Iraqis in Basra call for federalism
March 09, 2019
Mixed reactions. Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Baghdad, January 28. (AP)
US military presence rattles Iran-linked militias in Iraq, not others
February 02, 2019
Members of Iraqi security forces at an oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk. (Reuters)
Tensions rekindle in Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk
January 26, 2019
Down in the dumps. Iraqi students in the University of Mosul, January 16. (Moamin al-Obeidi)
Iraqi university students decry gender segregation
January 26, 2019
Fireworks erupt in the sky during the 2019 new year celebrations in the Iraqi southern city of Basra. (AFP)
What average Iraqis want for 2019
January 05, 2019
Broken system. A view of Mosul General Hospital. (Azhar Al-Rubaie)
Mosul residents decry poor medical conditions
December 15, 2018
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