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The IMFSaid Last Month That Growth in the Non-Oil Sector Was Expected to Accelerate as the Kingdom Moved Ahead With Economic Reforms. (Shutterstock)

September 18th, 2018 - 07:18 GMT

IMF Confident Saudi Can Meet 1.9 Percent GDP Forecast

Saudi Arabia’s economy can achieve an International Monetary Fund forecast of 1.9 percent gross domestic product growth this year, the central bank governor said on Sunday.

Palestinian mourners cry as other carry the body of Majd Lahluh, who was killed by Israeli soliders, during his funeral at Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 20, 2013. (AFP)

August 26th, 2013 - 06:49 GMT

Three Palestinians killed in pre-dawn Israeli raid on West Bank refugee camp

Syrian President Bashar Assad warned the United States that it would fail if it invaded Syria, as he refuted any claims that his government was involved in the use of chemical weapons against civilians. (AFP/File)

August 26th, 2013 - 06:18 GMT

Chemical weapons claims 'insult to common sense' - Assad

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem (R) meets with a Angela Kane (L), the UN high representative for disarmament, in Damascus on August 25, 2013. (AFP)

August 25th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

US slams Damascus' green light to UN team as 'too late to be credible'

Syrian army tanks are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. (AFP)

August 25th, 2013 - 11:47 GMT

Syrian rebels receive huge Gulf-financed weapons shipment

Rebel fighters takes aim at the location of Kurdish fighters in the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, on August 23, 2013. (AFP)

August 25th, 2013 - 11:39 GMT

Syria warns US intervention could 'inflame the Middle East'

emeni security forces inspect a damaged military bus following a bomb blast in Sanaa on August 25, 2013.(AFP)

August 25th, 2013 - 09:21 GMT

Bomb strikes Yemeni military bus, killing six

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and US President Barack Obama. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2013 - 07:52 GMT

Obama, Cameron discuss possible intervention in Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2013 - 07:45 GMT

Kerry pushes Syrian FM to allow UN inspectors access to alleged chemical weapons site

IRAN, Tehran : Iranian President Hassan Rowhani is seen on a TV screen as he speaks during a parliament session to elect the cabinet members on August 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI

August 24th, 2013 - 10:07 GMT

Iran acknowledges chemical weapons use in Syria

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube by the Local Committee of Arbeen on August 21, 2013 allegedly shows Syrians covering a mass grave containing bodies of victims that Syrian rebels claim were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta and Zamalka, on the outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO / YOUTUBE / LOCAL COMMITTEE OF ARBEEN

August 24th, 2013 - 09:46 GMT

Chemical attack victims smuggled out of Syria

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows smoke above buildings following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK.

August 24th, 2013 - 06:53 GMT

Top U.N. official to visit Syria Saturday

US President Barack Obama on August 22, 2013 in Syracuse, New York. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad

August 23rd, 2013 - 04:01 GMT

Allegations of chemical weapons of "grave concern", says Obama