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No warm welcome from rich Arab states

posted on: Sep 6, 2015

BEIRUT • Searching for a new home, Mr Yassir Batal says Germany and its unfamiliar voices and customs are more enticing to his wife and five children than the wealthy Arab states whose culture, religion and language they share. Like so many other Syrians who have escaped civil war, the 36-year-old has ruled out heading south through Jordan to Saudi Arabia or beyond. They would not be welcomed the same way, he said.

Source: www.straitstimes.com