Syria has gone back in time 40 years, both socially and economically, and will take up to 30 years to recover, UN and Araba League Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura told Boom Bust’s Erin Ade. With a conservative estimate of 240,000 people killed and millions more either wounded or turned into refugees, the official said, the vast human toll imperils any economic future for the country.