There are actually two wars going on in Syria: a rebellion against Assad, and an invasion by Isis (Daesh).
Desperately sad images show why Syrians are fleeing their country to find somewhere safe for their families.
The air strikes that helped to liberate the Yazidi town of Sinjar have reduced it rubble.
IBTimes UK takes a look at the personal stories of those who were killed in Paris.
Israel begins sealing Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem after wave of deadly attacks.
The killed demonstrators were among around 200 Palestinians advancing towards the border.
Russia's air strikes have mostly focused on areas of western Syria not held by Islamic State.
Tensions flare between Israelis and Palestinians over access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.
IBTimes UK looks back at 2014's Hong Kong Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests in 40 powerful photos.
A look at how Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman, escaped from a high-security prison.
France tops the list as the deadliest country in the world to be a journalist in 2015.
More than four million Syrians have fled the country since the civil war broke out in 2011.
Then-and-now photos show scenes in Gaza and Israel one year apart.
It is 20 years since the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.
A year after the start of the of the 2014 Gaza war, 1.8m Palestinians remain trapped in the rubble of the Gaza Strip.
The funeral of a stone-throwing Palestinian teenager shot by an Israeli army officer.
A year after jihadist militants declared an Islamic caliphate, we look back at the advance of Isis.
Thousands of Syrians fleeing fighting between Kurdish forces and Isis jihadis escape through a border fence into Turkey.
Thousands of Syrians fleeing a fierce battle for the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad have crossed into Turkey.
Violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters continue in Burundi.
Islamic State militants have seized part of Palmyra, home to a world famous archaeological site.
Goran Tomasevic talks about his photos of protesters attacking a female police officer in Bujumbura.