Fuat Kircaali
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A Florida man is desperately fighting to get his ailing 2-year-old daughter back from Syria, where he says the girl was sent by her mother without his permission.
Fuat Kircaali, a 51-year-old U.S. Citizen, has spent more than a year in a messy custody battle across U.S. States and three different countries in an effort to get his daughter, Sofia, whom Kircaali says requires critical medical care. But today he seems no closer to permanently reuniting with his daughter than he did last summer, when he left the girl with her mother for what he thought was a short stay in Istanbul, Turkey.
"Every day I spend without Sofia is one thing, but every day Sofia spends without proper treatment waiting for her is heartbreaking," Kircaali told FoxNews.com. "I cannot live with myself. It's a tragedy and nightmare."
Kircaali last had custody of his daughter in June 2010, when he took her to Istanbul to consult with his sister, an expert in child psychology and autism. Sofia had been diagnosed by U.S. Doctors with a severe developmental condition called Global Development Delay (GDD) and possible autism.
While in Turkey, Sofia was visited by her mother, Racha, who had moved back to her native Syria after her U.S. Tourist visa expired in March 2010. Kircaali said he and Racha agreed she would temporarily stay in Turkey with Sofia and make arrangements for a new visa and her return to the United States.
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