More than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015,and were mostly met with kindness and empathy,writes Ruth Pollard.
"When the war finished,the talk was all about rebuilding Gaza but there was no talk of rebuilding the people,"says artist Majdal Nateel.
Until the Iraqi government delivers on critical security and judicial reform,IS and groups like it cannot be vanquished.
In a small cell in a high-security wing of Eshel Prison in the Israeli city of Beersheba,a dual Australian-Israeli citizen is detained without charge or trial.
In a small cell in a high-security wing of Eshel Prison in the Israeli city of Beersheba,a dual Australian-Israeli citizen is detained without charge or trial.
As the inky black sea swirls beneath us and the storm clouds gather above,Abu Jabar turns to me and asks:"what is the temperature in the water?"
Turkey's decision to down a Russian warplane is just the latest in a series of decisions that put its national interests ahead of fighting Islamic State's menace.
"You can hear the sounds of the attacks,it is all around us,"Mohamed said,a day after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane over this border area following accusations it had violated Turkish airspace.
NATO is preparing to convene an emergency meeting in Brussels overnight as tensions between Turkey and Russia intensified after Turkey confirmed two of its F-16s downed a Russian fighter jet they said violated Turkish airspace.
They live in constant fear of the next attack,operating with little in the way of equipment or medication,often forced to turn out the lights at their hospital and work in darkness to avoid another bombing raid.
As the world comes to grips with the idea that Islamic State is determined to expand its reach well beyond Iraq and Syria,the terrorist group reportedly released a new video warning that the United States'capital was now in its sights.