Assad says conflict has cost Syria more than $200 billion
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The conflict in Syria has cost the country more than $200 billion, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Russia's RIA news agency published on Wednesday. "The economic damage and damage to infrastructure exceeded $200 billion... Restoring infrastructure will take a long time", he said. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly, Writing by Denis Pinchuk, Editing by Christian Lowe)