(Reuters) - France said on Monday it was ready to welcome Christians from northern Iraq who have been told by the al Qaeda offshoot group now ruling the region to either convert to Islam, pay a religious levy or face death. Islamic State insurgents seized large swathes of...

Al Arabiya News- An Iraqi government raid on jihadist targets in a flashpoint town southwest of Baghdad killed 17 people on Monday, including at least three civilians, medical and tribal sources said, according to Agence France-Presse.   “Bombardment targeted the Fadhiyya district...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state-run media says a car bomb has exploded in the central city of Homs, killing at least seven people. State news agency SANA said the vehicle exploded Sunday in the Arman neighborhood, home to mostly minority Christians and Alawites, the sect of...

Syrian government troops Saturday recaptured the Shaar gas field in Homs province from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, a week after the jihadists seized it, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Since this morning, there has been fighting around the...