Surbiton resident's hopes of one day returning home to Syria

Surbiton.com: August 2, 2013 - 5:00am

A Syrian father and businessman is still hopeful about visiting his homeland once more, despite fearing he may be on an assassination list.

Electrical engineer Mohammed Kassem, 58, of Cranes Park, Surbiton, used to visit Syria up to three times a year to take care of his climate monitoring and water treatment business before the civil war began. Last year the father-of-four faced a nervous showdown with border officials when he attempted to enter the country from Jordan.

He was forced to head back to Surbiton and not see his mother, five sisters and three brothers stuck in Syria. Without any income Mr Kassem has been unable to send money back home to his family and has also been forced to claim benefits for the first time since he came to this country in 1996. Mr Kassem is now hoping to open up a coffee shop with some of his savings.

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