I would not be so sure about that.
I will offer an alternate theory, just for funsies.
Immediately after the fall of Assad, Salah started participating in many more Diwaniyas. These mens meeting most certainly consist of business and political palaver about all things Syria.
The fortunes of many a family have been made by being the first ones to move into a poverty stricken, war torn and weary country, to bring the goods from outside. Think "carpetbaggers" in the U.S. south after the end of the civil war.
IF the Al Rafae's have maintained strong family bonds with the family left in Syria, and they have decent wasta with some local movers and shakers, Salah may be able to establish some type of import/export business. LOL
HOWEVER
If Salah is as big a fool as we all think, he is in as much danger as Chantal, if not more. He may be Syrian by birth, but to the Syrians who have survived in Syria during the wars and unrest; Salah is a big, stupid softboi, who has more money than sense.
I do think there is a less than zero chance that Salah, who after all has a Business at Business University Degree, may make out like a bandit. Or he may just be a real soft target for bandits. Either one tickles my funnybone.
Chantal? She won't survive to see her handsomest man make it big, I'm afraid.