Daga 1972 zuwa 1975, a lokacin da rikice-rikice, Fisk ya kasance wakilin Belfast na Times, kafin a tura shi zuwa Portugal bayan juyin juya halin Carnation a shekarar 1974. Daga nan aka nada shi wakilin Gabas ta Tsakiya (1976 <unk> 1988). Baya ga rikice-rikice da Portugal, ya ruwaito juyin juya halin Iran a shekarar 1979. Lokacin da aka buga labarinsa (Iran Air Flight 655) bayan karɓar Rupert Murdoch, ya koma The Independent a watan Afrilu 1989.
Robert Fisk