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REYKJAVIK Cheap Denzel Valentine Jersey , Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iceland's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms showed an increase of 3.5 percent in 2013, according to revised data issued Friday by Statistics Iceland.
GDP increased 1.1 percent in 2012 and 2.7 percent in 2011, data showed. Growth in 2013 was mainly driven by a large surplus in the balance of trade while the domestic final expenditure decreased slightly.
Exports in 2013 grew 6.9 percent and imports 0.4 percent which resulted in a 1.3 billion U.S. dollars surplus in the balance of trade in goods and services.
The surplus and lower deficit in primary income from abroad resulted in a large current account surplus of 1 billion U.S. dollars or 6.5 percent of GDP -- the highest surplus recorded since 1945.
In 2013, the share of household consumption of GDP was 52.7 percent, close to the levels before Iceland suffered from the financial crisis in 2008.
The share of gross fixed capital formation was 15.1 percent of GDP in 2013, the lowest in the past five years.
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- As a victory on counter-terrorism in Syria and Iraq is in sight, people in the Middle East, rather than cheering up, started to worry about more intense conflicts that could involve most of the regional countries.
The Iraqi government and military forces in Syria are expected to retake Mosul in weeks and Raqqa in months, a devastating blow to the Islamic State (IS) group that seized large swaths of territories in the region and launched deadly attacks across the world in the past few years.
However, victories could be temporary due to military intervention of world and regional powers and negligence of unbalanced economic and social development, said observers, who insisted inclusive diplomatic efforts will help build long-lasting peace.
POSSIBLE CONFLICTS
After suffering years of terrorist attacks, people in Syria are waiting for the liberation of their homes from the Islamic State. However, they may have to wait longer to see peace in the country, as foreign military intervention could spark more conflicts.
"There is an unfortunate option. We may have a war of all against all, a very unstable situation and continued state crisis. All concerned player fight against each other. Complication, like what we see currently with Qatar, a fighting inside the Arab world, and also between the Arab world and outside powers, would engage external players which are trying to make tactical gains," Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, said at the World Peace Forum held in Beijing over the weekend.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and several other countries severed ties with Qatar early this month, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism and maintaining ties with Iran, an arch foe of the Gulf kingdoms, a move that experts said aims to force Qatar to stand firmly with the Arab world in post-IS power struggle, especially in Syria.
The Qatari government has denied the accusations and recently rejected demands of Saudi-led countries to restore relations. The four Arab countries set a deadline on Friday, giving Qatar 10 days to comply with 13 demands including severing diplomatic ties with Iran, curb relations with the Muslim Brotherhood, and closing a Turkish military base.
In the past several months, Turkey, which insisted departure of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is hostile to Kurdish forces, deployed more troops in Iraq and Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-dominated ally of the United States in toppling the Assad regime and fighting terrorist in Syria, have almost besieged Raqqa, IS's de facto capital. Shiite militia in Iraq and Syria, with support of Russia and Iran, have mobilized to border regions, ready to assist Syrian government forces on the ground.
"It (intervention) will do damage to the long-term solutions. It is the worst possible scenario but unfortunately very likely. If we do not act now, in a couple of years, I think this scenario will become likely," Kortunov said.
"The best solution to me, which you may consider unrealistic at this stage, is to develop a collective security system with enforcement mechanism. Something that is guaranteed by the United Nations Security Council, with mechanism of sanctions in place...I understand it is difficult, but I don't think there is a better solution," he added.
INTERVENTION & TERRORISM
For the past few decades, the western countries led by the United States adopted Middle East policies of securing flow of oil and allies like Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey, through economic or military means.
However, the White House converted its policy after 911 attacks towards military interventions, crashing Taliban in Afghanistan and toppling Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
The military intervention by the United States, its NATO and Arab allies enlarged after 2011 when turmoil broke out in many Middle East countries. Libya, Syria and Yemen slipped into civil war one after another due to the intervention. At the same time, global terrorism based in the Middle East ripped through the world, leaving thousands of people killed and more wounded.
Military intervention did not contain terrorism, but led to the rise of terrorism and extremism as a result.
The U.S. troops invaded Iraq in 2003 and overthrew the Saddam regime which thoroughly destroyed Iraq's political and social system. Politicians, militia, and religious leaders, supported by Washington and regional countries, struggled for power at the expense of security and stability in the country.
The al-Qaida group established its Iraqi branch, taking the advantage of power vacuum, and later gave birth to the Islamic State which occupied large swaths of territories in Iraq and neighboring Syria, and staged terrorist attacks across the world.
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