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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (C) watches as US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack prepares to sign an agreement in Damascus on September 16, 2025. Shaibani announced on September 16 a plan backed by Jordan and the United States to restore calm to Druze-majority Sweida province, which witnessed deadly violence in July. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

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以色列调整对叙利亚政策，探索达成安全协议的途径

以色列正在重新思考其对叙利亚的强硬政策，并寻求修复与美国特使、唐纳德·特朗普的亲信汤姆·巴拉克的关系，同时推动与大马士革达成安全协议。

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent addresses the audience during opening remarks at the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism at the State Department on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Bessent spoke alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller as they discussed the rise of far-left political terrorism as a transnational threat. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

美国发出“警告”，威胁对伊朗贸易伙伴实施制裁

美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，各国被要求在“明确期限”内停止与伊朗的商业往来，否则将面临美国的制裁。

Supporters of Yemen's Houthi rebel movement carry a mock rocket as they demonstrate in the capital, Sanaa, to denounce a reported air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on a prison in the country's rebel-held north, on Jan. 21, 2022.

胡塞武装声称在延布附近袭击了一艘沙特油轮：你需要知道什么

这是胡塞武装针对沙特石油和军事设施的一系列袭击事件中的最新一起。

Palestinian militant group Hamas police officers stand guard as people attend the opening of the Fatah party's eighth general conference at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City on May 14, 2026.

前国防部长：随着哈马斯势力增强，以色列在加沙的处境“糟透了”。

以色列前国防部长约阿夫·加兰特批评以色列政府允许哈马斯继续控制加沙地带的一半地区。

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美国将在47年后解除对叙利亚的恐怖主义认定。

ANKARA, TURKEY - JULY 08: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria (L) for bilateral talks at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO's 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

意大利提议在黎巴嫩组建一支强大的多国部队来取代联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队：你需要了解什么

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以色列军队在与伊尔根武装分子的冲突中击沉的船只残骸在78年后被发现

A merchant ship "Jabotinsky" (former "Altalena"), chartered by Jewish military group Irgun Zvaei Leumi to carry weapons for Israeli fighters, burns near Tel Aviv beach, after being shelled by the Haganah, Israel, June 27, 1948.

以色列加强选举保障措施，公众不信任感加剧：你需要了解什么

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Ghazi Hamad is seen in this screengrab from an interview with Al Jazeera on Sept. 17. 2025.

哈马斯领导人自以色列袭击多哈以来首次接受电视采访：需要了解什么

加齐·哈马德 (Ghazi Hamad) 是以色列轰炸巴勒斯坦组织时在场并公开露面的第一位成员。

Turkish Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin gives a press conference following talks with Sweden and Finland over their bids to join NATO at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on May 25, 2022.

土耳其间谍头目抵达大马士革，以色列和叙利亚正在考虑新的安全地图

易卜拉欣·卡林的访问正值以色列向叙利亚施压，要求其制定缓冲区计划，而土耳其对库尔德人的自治感到担忧。

Iranian women walk on the streets, disregarding compulsory hijab law, as Iranians prepare for the Persian New Year that starts with the moment of spring equinox, on March 19, 2025, in Tajrish Square, Iran.

马赫萨·阿米尼去世三年后，伊朗面临无法压制的运动

一名伊朗妇女在被警方拘禁期间死亡，引发了“妇女、生命、自由”运动，三年之后，伊朗政权在更加复杂的危机中摇摇欲坠。

Bedouin and tribal fighters deploy at the western entrance of Syria's Druze heartland of Suwayda on July 18, 2025.

叙利亚、约旦和美国公布冲突后稳定苏韦达局势的路线图：需要了解的信息

与此同时，有报道称叙利亚已从南部撤出重型武器，这似乎是遵守了以色列在叙利亚南部设立非军事区的要求。

A beekeeper walks by his beehives set in a valley in the Armenian province of Kotayk, with Mount Ararat seen in the background, on May 15, 2019.

亚美尼亚总统帕希尼扬将亚拉拉特山从边境邮票上删除，向土耳其做出“让步”

亚美尼亚政府将从 11 月开始停止在边境邮票上使用亚拉拉特山图案，此举引发了国内的愤怒，并加剧了人们对总理尼科尔·帕希尼扬与土耳其接触的争论。

Head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Sept. 16, 2025.

伊朗外长拉里贾尼在利雅得会见王储穆罕默德和沙特国防部长：需要了解的信息

这是阿里·拉里贾尼重返伊朗担任最高国家安全委员会主席以来的第三次出访，此前伊朗总统马苏德·佩泽什基安呼吁加强该地区的团结。

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Karabakh, Sept. 16, 2025.

阿联酋总统穆罕默德·本·扎耶德会见阿塞拜疆总统阿利耶夫，阿布扎比扩大其在南高加索地区的影响力

7月，阿塞拜疆与阿联酋签署经济伙伴关系协议，阿布扎比主办阿塞拜疆与亚美尼亚和平会谈。

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贝鲁特爆炸案：五年后，保加利亚逮捕嫌疑人，标志着新一轮调查取得突破

随着调查的恢复，保加利亚警方逮捕了与 2020 年贝鲁特港口爆炸有关的一艘船的船主。

Members of Syria's new security forces empty sacks of Captagon into a ditch to burn them in a field on the outskirts of Damascus, on Jan. 19, 2025.

黎巴嫩宣布扣押650万张Captagon纸币：须知

黎巴嫩当局表示，他们正在与邻国协调，捣毁毒品交易，而邻国叙利亚在边境冲突后也加大了打击力度。

Reporters follow Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani's address at the media centre, during the opening of the 2025 Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha on Sept. 15, 2025.

多哈袭击事件后，阿拉伯和伊斯兰领导人在紧急峰会上敦促“审查”以色列关系

这次会议是在以色列对多哈哈马斯领导层发动空袭不到一周后举行的，海湾国家称此举对地区安全构成了严重威胁。

A woman washes her hands at the entrance of a cholera isolation center at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila in Darfur, on Aug. 12, 2025.

苏丹达尔富尔战乱加剧，霍乱两天内造成25人死亡

塔维拉镇是达尔富尔地区受灾最严重的地区，仅周日一天就报告了 58 例新的霍乱病例。

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希腊和塞浦路斯试图阻止土耳其参与欧盟1700亿美元的防务计划，但安卡拉对此不以为然

由于希腊抵制土耳其动用 1700 亿美元国防基金的努力，欧盟面临新的紧张局势，凸显了长期存在的地区争端。