Syrians in Turkey consider return after fall of Assad

Syrians in Turkey are weighing up whether it is the right time to return to their homeland.

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That is how it is for Ahmed, 18. He emerges from a mosque in the heart of Gaziantep in south-east Turkey - not far from the Syrian border - wearing a black T-shirt with "Syria" written on the front.

His family fled his homeland when he was five years old, but he is planning to go back in a year or two at most.

"I am impatient to get there," he tells me. "I am trying to save money first, because wages in Syria are low." Still, he insists the future will be better there.

"Syria will be rebuilt and it will be like gold," he says.