Arab from the capital of Syria getting German car (5)
I believe the answer is:
saudi
'arab' is the definition.
(someone from Saudi Arabia)
'capital of syria getting german car' is the wordplay.
'capital of' suggests taking the first letters.
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'german car' becomes 'audi' (I've seen this in another clue).
The initial letter of 'syria' is 's'.
's'+'audi'='SAUDI'
'from the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for saudi that I've seen before include "One from Riyadh" , "Middle-Easterner" , "Eg, native of Riyadh" , "Native of Riyadh, perhaps" , "M East citizen" .)