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You old chaps from Arab country! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yemen

'arab country' is the definition.
(Yemen is a Middle Eastern country)

'you old chaps' is the wordplay.
'you old' becomes 'ye' (historical version of 'you').
'chaps' becomes 'men' (chap can mean a man).
'ye'+'men'='YEMEN'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for yemen that I've seen before include "Country bordering Oman" , "Republic sited on the SW corner of Arabia" , "Saudi neighbour" , "Country between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden" , "Arab country" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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