The Gulf States Are Taking Syrian Refugees Syrian refugees stand outside their tents at a centre funded by the International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA), which provides shelter for Syrian refugees, during a winter storm in al-Marj, in the Bekaa valley January 7, 2013. The World Bank reports that 1,000,000 Syrians resided in Saudi Arabia in 2013, a whopping 795 percent increase over 2010. 12/4/15 http://www.newsweek.com/gulf-states-are-taking-syrian-refugees-401131