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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Syria war has cost country $200b — Assad
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDamage inflicted by the brutal five-year conflict in Syria has cost the country over $200 billion (176 billion euros), President Bashar Assad says in an interview with Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
“The economic damage and the damage to infrastructure exceeds $200 billion,” Assad is quoted as saying in comments carried in Russian, adding that “economic issues can be settled immediately, when the situation stabilizes in Syria, but rehabilitating the infrastructure will take a long time.”
— AFP
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