"Who would have thought it would end like this, I wondered as I looked at the hundreds of captured suspected jihadist fighters sitting in rows in the desert," writes Bulent Kilic, a photographer who has covered nearly all of the eight-year Syrian conflict.

"Eight years ago, it all started as just protests against Syria’s regime. No-one was even speaking about jihadists back then…"

"For a few moments, a bullet feels like nothing more than a pin prick. I felt my blood freeze. I saw people screaming and the blood gushing from the newly-formed hole in my leg. But no pain, just a burning bubbling up from my stomach," writes Mohammed Abed, describing the moment he was shot by the Israeli army as he covered protests last year.