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Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid (L) speaks to outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, during a meeting at the Knesset (parliament), in Jerusalem on June 30, 2022. - Final approval of the parliament dissolution bill was initially expected by midnight but was postponed to June 30 as coalition and opposition lawmakers sparred over last-minute legislative details, several sources familiar with the parliamentary said. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

贝内特和拉皮德能否团结以色列反对派，推翻内塔尼亚胡？

在以色列下次选举前六个月，反对派领导人纳夫塔利·贝内特和亚伊尔·拉皮德决定以反内塔尼亚胡的竞选组合参选。

Rina Bassist

由 Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

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Analysis

海湾地区的“铁穹”：伊朗战争如何使阿联酋与以色列的防务关系投入运作

此次部署是该系统在以色列境外首次用于实战，标志着阿联酋与以色列的关系正从政治正常化转向军事协调。

Francesco Schiavi

由 Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Soldiers from Iran's land, navy, air force and special forces parade on the occasion of National Army Day in Tehran, capital of Iran on April 18, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

Analysis

伊朗如何在停火掩盖其战略调整的同时重建其遭受重创的军队

伊朗正利用脆弱的停火协议，通过重新部署和逆向工程来恢复元气，为再次发生冲突做好更全面的准备。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

如果没有退出策略，以色列将面临气焰嚣张的真主党，在伊朗问题上的选择也将十分有限。

尽管唐纳德·特朗普总统仍未决定是否再次打击伊朗，但以色列军队却在黎巴嫩泥潭中越陷越深，真主党也得到了加强。

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

Latest News

特朗普致电祝贺伊拉克候任总理扎伊迪：你需要了解哪些信息

Iraq's prime minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi, at Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's office on April 28, 2026.

随着霍尔木兹海峡对峙加剧，特朗普在伊朗战争中面临三条道路。

This photo obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boat allegedly taking part in an operation to seize ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, on April 21, 2026.

伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊发出挑衅信号，威胁美国，但同时呼吁海湾国家支持伊朗。

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土耳其就法国在塞浦路斯部署军队一事向法国发出警告：你需要了解什么

Members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), from the British Army's 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, No. 2 Company, patrol along the buffer zone separating the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus and the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the divided capital Nicosia on Feb. 17, 2026.

A US soldier stands guard outside an oild field as troops patrol the area near Syria's northeastern border with Turkey in the Qahtaniyah countryside in the far northeast corner of Hasakeh province on Sept. 3, 2024.

拜登：阿萨德倒台后美军将继续留在叙利亚“以确保稳定”

华盛顿承诺与“叙利亚所有团体”接触，并在叙利亚对黎巴嫩、伊拉克、约旦和以色列领土构成威胁时向其提供援助。

Advisor to the Qatari Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Majed Al-Ansari speaks at the Doha Forum on Dec. 8, 2024.

卡塔尔称对加沙会谈重新产生兴趣，希望在叙利亚问题上达成“阿拉伯统一立场”

多哈此前已暂停调解努力，现在表示支持可行的巴勒斯坦治理模式，并正在制定涵盖海湾地区不同观点的泛阿拉伯叙利亚立场。

An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city, on November 30, 2024.

俄罗斯证实巴沙尔·阿萨德“离开叙利亚”，下落不明：你需要知道什么

据称，在叛军宣称占领大马士革后，叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德已逃离叙利亚。

Syrian anti government fighters celebrate as they pour into the captured central-west city of Hama on Dec. 6, 2024.

叙利亚人欢呼阿萨德倒台，地区作出反应

叙利亚叛军已经占领大马士革，并声称推翻了总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的政权，此前阿萨德家族统治了叙利亚半个多世纪。

OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

随着叛军向南推进，叙利亚阿萨德面临多大的困境？

叙利亚反政府武装已攻占阿勒颇、哈马，并向南推进至霍姆斯省，距大马士革市越来越近，对阿萨德政权构成紧急威胁。

由 Rosaleen Carroll

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

Iranian Defense Ministry

伊朗进行创纪录的太空发射，载荷量史上最大

伊朗的太空计划此前一直引起美国及其盟友的担忧，他们声称伊朗的太空计划与其弹道导弹计划的发展齐头并进。

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor after their meeting at the Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul on Oct. 19, 2024.

土耳其权衡在叙利亚的下一步行动，埃尔多安称目标是大马士革

叙利亚叛军的快速推进已使土耳其、伊朗和俄罗斯之间的谈判转向叙利亚政府能否生存下去。

Fighters deploy in Atareb, in the western areas of Syria's northern Aleppo province, amid clashes between the Syrian army and fighters of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham along with allied factions, Nov. 28, 2024.

叙利亚叛军推进，阿萨德失势，约旦关闭边境：你需要知道什么

伊斯兰分子领导的叛军对政府控制的阿勒颇发动了突然袭击，在占领哈马之后，目前已到达霍姆斯城门口，而德拉地区的冲突威胁到政府在南部的存在。

Syrian anti-government fighters celebrate as they pour into the captured city of Hama, Dec. 6, 2024.

Analysis

以色列欢呼伊朗轴心解体，考虑阿萨德叙利亚政权垮台

尽管以色列领导人对伊朗主导的“抵抗轴心”的崩溃感到高兴，但他们对这一崩溃的速度以及叙利亚可能解体感到担忧。

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

This combination of file photographs created on July 7, 2024, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Ankara on May 29, 2023, and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 16, 2023.

土耳其埃尔多安加强言论，称阿萨德必须“紧急与”叛军接触

在叛乱分子占领哈马后，埃尔多安敦促叙利亚政府紧急与叛乱分子展开对话，以结束内战。

An anti-government fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires against regime forces, in the northern outskirts of Syria's west-central city of Hama on Dec. 4, 2024.

Analysis

叛军进攻迫使叙利亚纳入特朗普议程

距当选总统唐纳德·特朗普上任仅剩一个多月的时间，叙利亚被遗忘的战争再次爆发。

Elizabeth Hagedorn

由 Elizabeth Hagedorn

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

Senior Iranian and Chinese officials held talks in Tehran on expanding bilateral ties in various areas, particularly in the economic field.

中国派代表团访问伊朗，为应对特朗普的伙伴关系做准备

伊朗于周二和周三接待了中国代表团，此举旨在巩固 2021 年战略伙伴关系协议，但两国伙伴关系能否经受住唐纳德·特朗普即将到来的总统任期的影响？