Not long after arriving in Syria, Kleman told them he had learned the information that led him there “was all a scam”, according to his mother, and his situation became confusing to his family. Abdelwahab told him about a daughter he had back in Egypt, according to Kleman’s mother. Kleman went to Egypt and the couple married and had a son. He told his mother that he was taking his wife and children to Syria. His wife had a job teaching English, according to Kleman’s mother, and things were going OK.“Then everything went bad,” said Marlene Kleman.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 20:26 UTC