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IMF: Gaza, Lebanon and Sudan conflicts to leave 'lasting scars'

Lebanese soldiers secure the site of an Israeli drone attack that targeted a vehicle on the international Beirut-Damascus road in Araya on October 31, 2024. [AFP]

Gaza, Lebanon and Sudan will take decades to recover from the conflicts raging on their soil, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday after downgrading the region's growth forecast.

Israel's military actions against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Sudan's civil war would have enduring impacts, the IMF said.

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