As a female veteran breaking barriers, Allison Kennedy encourages others facing their own battles to go after their dreams.

No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists.

A Yazidi woman who survived rape and enslavement by Islamic State and was rescued from Gaza last October in a U.S.-led ...

Jihadist group Islamic State killed about 5,000 Yazidis and enslaved thousands more A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 ...

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. The Federal ...

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

Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago, is expected to be released soon in exchange for the release of eight Hezbollah terrorists by Israel.

Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists said undermines women’s ...