Girls as young as nine-years-old may soon be allowed to marry under Iraqi law. Officials in the country are currently mulling ...

UNICEF reported in April 2023 that 28% of girls are married before the legal age of 18, although under Iraqi law, girls as ...

BAGHDAD : The owner of a reception hall in Iraq, where 134 people were killed in a fire at a wedding last year, has been ...

I’m sure not but they would allow the oppressed Iraqi population to do so.’ Human Rights Watch said: ‘Girls belong on the playground and in school, not in a wedding dress.’ Earlier this ...

A fire swept through a Christian wedding party in northern Iraq last Tuesday, killing at least 107 people. Here is what we know. It ripped through al-Haitham Hall, a large event venue which is ...

Nearly 100 people have been killed and many more injured in a blaze at a wedding celebration in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Eyewitnesses have described to the BBC scenes of horror and panic as the ...

Iraq's parliament, dominated by Shia conservatives, is considering a law that would lower the legal age of marriage for girls to 9. This controversial amendment, facing strong opposition from ...

The owner of a reception hall in Iraq, where 134 people were killed in a fire at a wedding last year, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a court document showed.