"Since you don't understand my question, then let me change it to another question. Just now, you claimed that the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State was defeated! The victory in Syria's war made the entire world rejoice. I'd like to know, where are the rejoicing Syrians?"
Without waiting for the spokesperson to speak, Bai Xiaonian continued, "Seeing their own country turn into a war-torn area, heaps of ruins everywhere, public infrastructure and personal property being destroyed, basic amenities almost utterly devastated, the economy being brought to a halt…"
Bai Xiaonian lowered her head and found a piece of paper among her documents. She then raised it high up. "I'm holding data released by the United Nations in August of 2018. This data indicates that over the past few years, during the war, Syria's economic loss reached 400 billion USD, and at least 400,000 Syrians died during the war…"