I would honestly be surprised if Rashid were not Saudi since he screams Saudi royalty/Oil Sheikh.
Dubai is
the capital of United Arab Emerates.
is from thailand if i not mistaken
This is a misconception because his stage in SFII is in Thailand. Like how people think Oro is Brazilian or Urien is Mexican.
They're the other two newcomers according to the leak that got R. Mika, Karin, and Rashid right.
No.
there can still be a mixup. be careful
As far as newcomers go, that's actually extremely prepostrous since they would have been planned in the story not to mention the fact that this is a video game, a fighting game at that, you're not going to throw away assets and plans because someone talked about it when they weren't supposed to.
Since there seems to be a misconception about the leak though, I'll go ahead and list it out.
Spring 2016 release window (confirmed)
PS4 and PC exclusive (confirmed)
Unreal Engine 4 (confirmed)
V-Trigger (confirmed)
Gameplay updates are free and not editions (confirmed)
Story mode (all but confirmed since they've been hyping up a new "story delivery" method)
Time and weather effects (seem extremely likely for anyone who has actually looked at the stage select screen since it lists time, temperature and weather)
Rashid (confirmed)
Laura (From south of North America, or something, a lot of people translated this differently, but since a new Brazilian character is very likely, take that as you will)
Zen (Not confirmed)
He also stated at the time he had no idea about the returning cast.
Now, it's a leak, and leaks are doubtful by nature, but dismissing this flat out is actually pretty silly at this point.