I read a United Nations report about the ravages of the Syrian war; more than 400,000 dead – most of them civilians – five million refugees forced to leave the country, six million internally displaced persons and about $400 billion in infrastructural damages. I sincerely hope that Syria will one day succeed in healing and resurrecting its broken society. The Syrian people, who built 40 civilisations, are capable of building a better new one. Of this, I am utterly convinced.
