The other side of the Syrian "revolution"

"" "My daughter is willing to sacrifice herself for her family," Nezar says. "If the war had not happened I would not marry my daughter to a Saudi. But the Syrians here are poor and have no money." Nezar's daughter is 17. The Saudi groom is 70." "The surplus of desperate Syrian refugees means marriage has become a buyer's market with some grooms offering as little as $100 cash for a bride." "One of my brides has been married three, four times," Um Majed says. "She is 15." "" (thanks Amir)