Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

Here’s a look at the Iraq War which was known as Operation Iraqi Freedom until September 2010, when it was renamed Operation New Dawn. In December 2011, the last US troops in Iraq crossed the border ...

Thousands of women and children were taken and used as slaves by Islamic State fighters during a rampage through Yazidi ...

A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious ...

Türkiye on Tuesday confirmed efforts were underway to form a coalition against the Daesh terrorist group with Iraq, Jordan ...

Iraq’s highest court has temporarily suspended the enforcement of three contentious laws passed by parliament last month, including a measure that activists argue erodes women’s rights.

Stockholm’s District Court on Tuesday convicted a 56-year-old woman to 12 years in prison for crimes against humanity, ...

President Donald Trump's defense secretary can't simply snap his fingers and change Texas' Fort Cavazos back to Fort Hood. A federal law stands in the way.

Women’s rights advocates argue that the changes ... corruption and embezzlement as well as militants who committed war crimes. The third bill aimed to return lands confiscated from the Kurds ...

Islamic State controlled swathes of Iraq and Syria from 2014-2017, before being defeated in its last bastions in Syria in 2019. It viewed the Yazidis, an ancient religious minority, as devil ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...