Sheikh's excitement at returning to his homeland from neighbouring Turkey after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has turned to bitter disappointment at the grim living conditions in Syria after some 13 years of war.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Jordan will come together to fight the remnants of the Islamic State group.

Turkey announced on Sunday that its military had killed 23 Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, marking the latest in a series of attacks on Kurdish groups since US President Donald Trump took office last month The Turkish defense ministry said the fighters were members of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK Turkey considers both groups to be the same while the US distinguishes between them recognizing the PKK as a terrorist organization but supporting the YPG as a key ally in the fight against Islamic State The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel,

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday he hoped President Donald Trump would end U.S. cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG, as Turkey continued its military campaign against the group,