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Dispatch from the New Syria: Opportunities and Challenges

October 1, 2026

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September 20, 2026

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The Iran War Widens: Yemen, Hormuz and What Comes Next

September 17, 2026

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Inside US-Israel fault lines on Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey

July 29, 2026

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Deciphering the US-Iran deal: What comes next?

June 23, 2026

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How the Iran war is reshaping energy markets

May 20, 2026

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Iran War at One Month: Outlook and Implications

April 1, 2026

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Are the US and Iran closer to war or a deal?

February 24, 2026

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After years abroad, Iraq’s Christians weigh returning home

February 10, 2026

3:39

Syria's Sharaa in Washington

November 6, 2025

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The Future of Energy and Power in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

May 23, 2025

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Plestia Alaqad on Gaza and South Lebanon

April 1, 2025

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A general view shows the Awad oil field in the eastern Qamishli countryside in northeastern Syria, on Feb. 15, 2026.

Interview

美国石油公司HKN计划接管库尔德人控制的油田，从而使叙利亚的石油产量翻一番。

HKN 副总裁马修·扎伊斯告诉 Al-Monitor，该公司计划将叙利亚东北部油田的产量翻一番，同时解决污染问题，而库尔德人经营的贾兹拉石油公司的未来仍然充满疑问。

Matthew Zais

Matthew Zais

HKN vice president for government affairs

US President Donald Trump walks on stage

Analysis

特朗普中期选举后的克制态度消退后，调解人争相避免美伊冲突。

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Yousef Jabareen, leader of Israel's Arab-led Joint List political alliance (C-L), and other members cheer at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth on Oct. 27, 2026.

Explainer

以色列阿拉伯政党如何在选举胜利后帮助内塔尼亚胡下台

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the Russia-Africa summit at the Grand Kremlin Palace in central Moscow, on Oct. 28, 2026.

埃及总统塞西与普京会晤，俄罗斯加大对非洲的投入：你需要了解什么

Rosaleen Carroll

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East

Zaidi

伊拉克扎伊迪首次访问叙利亚，会见沙拉：你需要了解哪些信息

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

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An view of the Uchisar settlement, east of Nevesehir in the province of the same name in central Turkey's historical Cappadocia region on Aug. 24, 2022.

Culture

土耳其卡帕多西亚一处联合国教科文组织世界遗产地附近发生岩体坍塌，造成至少两人死亡。

土耳其卡帕多西亚地区暴雨引发山体滑坡，落石造成至少两人死亡，五人受伤。

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 23: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an election rally at Alico Arena on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus on October 23, 2026 in Fort Myers, Florida. President Trump traveled to Florida to rally for local Republican candidates ahead of next week's midterm elections. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Culture

小罗伯特·肯尼迪发表“阿拉伯人不搞科学”的错误言论，引发强烈反弹。

A view of the Great Umayyad Mosque during the reopening ceremony, Oct. 8, 2026.

Culture

叙利亚在关闭13年后重新开放了阿勒颇拥有1300年历史的倭马亚大清真寺

Youths play the daf, an Iranian frame drum, during a protest demanding the right to education in the Kurdish language in Al-Qamishli, Syria, on September 22, 2026. The demonstrations follow a decision by the Syrian Interim Government to allocate only Kurdish language classes in schools. (Photo by Amjad Kurdo / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Culture

叙利亚库尔德人和阿拉伯人在争取语言权利的斗争中找到共同目标

AFP via Getty Images

Culture

阿尔及利亚拟恢复纵火罪死刑：你需要了解哪些信息

Technology

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Amir Yaryab

阿米尔·亚里亚布是谁？这位伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队网络指挥官为何成为美国的重点关注对象？

美国国务院悬赏高达 1000 万美元，征集有关阿米尔·亚里亚布的信息，他负责伊朗网络行动的关键部分。

Guests stand at the booth of Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, on Oct. 29, 2025.

沙特阿拉伯选择中国MiniMax公司开发阿拉伯语人工智能模型

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

The headquarters of SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, with a Falcon 9 booster in March 2024.

Explainer

沙特投资者或将成为SpaceX历史性IPO的主要受益者。

People sit in a cafe outside the Apple Store in Dubai on May 8, 2025.

伊朗将美国科技和金融公司列入新的中东威胁名单

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Traffic rolls along a main throughfare under a banner with images of past and present leaders that reads in Farsi, "Domino fall", as daily life returns to the streets following nationwide protests, in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 19, 2026. Demonstrations sparked in late December by anger over economic hardship exploded into protests widely seen as the biggest challenge to the Iranian leadership in years. Limited internet access briefly returned in Iran before dropping again, a monitor said January

Analysis

伊朗史上持续时间最长的网络中断导致99%的用户断网：你需要了解什么

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Economy & Business

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霍尔木兹海峡中断事件：卡塔尔成为美国液化天然气最大买家

卡塔尔能源公司已同意通过本月签署的长期合同，每年购买至多 700 万吨美国液化天然气。

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以色列大选悬而未决，导致谢克尔和股市下跌。

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Dock workers load and unload shipping containers in the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

加拿大与阿联酋签署贸易协定，渥太华寻求摆脱对美国的依赖，实现贸易多元化。

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

BILAL QABALAN/AFP via Getty Images

胡塞武装声称对拉斯塔努拉袭击事件负责，沙特石油基础设施成为攻击目标。

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

A man looks at a screen displaying the flight schedule at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, on Oct. 12, 2026, as Saudi Arabia-bound flights remain canceled a day after a Houthi strike at Riyadh's international airport.

胡塞武装声称发动新的袭击，利雅得机场重新开放面临波折

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech