The ‘Personal Status Law’ approved without a parliamentary vote alarms activists and civil society. The fear of a ‘disintegration’ of the family and a step backwards in the rol ...

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A fire in the district of Hamdaniya in northern Iraq killed more than 100 people at a wedding reception. More from News A fire in the district of Hamdaniya in ...