Jihad Azour, Director of the IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department, at a press briefing in Washington

Jihad Azour, Director of the IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department, at a press briefing in Washington

 Kent Nishimura

The Middle East war has created an "unprecedented shock" for the region's economies with no guarantee of a quick recovery, a senior International Monetary Fund official has told AFP.

Five of the Gulf's eight oil- and gas-producing countries face a contraction this year, the IMF said in a regional report published on Thursday. 

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