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Iranians walk past a billboard bearing a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei ahead of his funeral in Tehran on July 3, 2026. Iranian leaders began paying their respects on July 3 before the coffin of the country's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, as Tehran prepared for a vast funeral. Khamenei's body arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on July 3 ahead of ceremonies which are expected to draw millions. (Photo by AFP via Getty

Analysis

伊朗即将安葬哈梅内伊，但他强硬的政策遗产或许会延续下去。

为这位已故最高领导人举行的隆重葬礼，已不仅仅是一场告别；它更是一次精心策划的考验，检验在他长达数十年的统治之后，政权能否继续延续。

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In Tehran, reporting on politics

Volunteers of the Druze-led National Guard manage traffic at a checkpoint, Suwayda, Syria, Jan. 22, 2026.

德鲁兹武装分子与叙利亚政府军之间的冲突引发了人们对暴力事件再次爆发的担忧。

德鲁兹人占多数的苏韦达省再次爆发冲突，政府军与当地德鲁兹团体之间一直存在紧张局势和武装冲突，引发了人们对暴力事件再次发生的担忧。

Motorists drive past a billboard bearing a picture of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, ahead of his funeral in Tehran on July 3, 2026. Iranian leaders began paying their respects on July 3 before the coffin of the country's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that triggered the Middle East war, as Tehran prepared for a vast funeral. Khamenei's body arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on July 3 ahead of ceremonies which are expected to draw millions. (Photo by AFP via Ge

Analysis

美伊谈判陷入僵局，以色列认为战争结果是“彻底的战略失败”。

以色列官员认为，美国未能与伊朗达成其最初寻求的那种协议，源于最近战争期间和之后所犯的战略错误。

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

The court stands at the start of the first hearing at the International Court of Justice in which Myanmar is accused of committing genocide against the country's Muslim minority, the Rohingya, in the Hague on January 12, 2026. The Gambia filed the genocide case in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in 2019. Myanmar's military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, Gambia's Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the International Court of Justice Mond

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黎巴嫩-以色列协议第13条是否禁止贝鲁特追究战争罪行？

以色列和黎巴嫩达成的部分协议引发了人们呼吁贝鲁特赋予国际刑事法院在黎巴嫩的管辖权，或者签署《罗马条约》以允许进行起诉。

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叙利亚和黎巴嫩强调不干涉内政，大马士革正在考虑与真主党谈判

Nawaf Salam and Asaad al-Shibani shake hands in Beirut on July 2, 2026.

特朗普大肆宣扬核谈判进展之际，美伊谈判却进展甚微。

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土耳其战机空袭索马里境内的青年党目标：你需要了解什么

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during the launch of an offshore energy exploration at the port in Mogadishu on April 10, 2026.

梅拉特·基罗斯是谁？这位亲巴勒斯坦人士击败了一位长期担任民主党职务的候选人。

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Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) displays a map with the 2021 bases/facilities with reported U.S. access agreements during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan at the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing “to receive testimony on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations.” (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

加沙协议达成后，特朗普高级顾问称沙特与以色列关系正常化是“重中之重”

特朗普下一任国家安全顾问迈克·沃尔兹周三强调，鉴于以色列和哈马斯停火迫在眉睫，新一届政府将把沙特与以色列关系正常化作为首要议程。

US President Joe Biden (C) delivers remarks on the recently announced ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

加沙停火协议是如何达成的

在最后一刻，多哈谈判人员成功达成了拜登政府 15 个多月来一直未能达成的加沙停火和人质释放协议。

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库尔德领导人巴尔扎尼与叙利亚民主军科巴尼部队举行会晤，寻求在叙利亚问题的共同立场

在联盟不断变化重塑地区政治之际，两国旨在弥合库尔德人数十年以来的分歧。

US Army Gen. Erik Kurilla arrives to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to the next commander of the US Central Command, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, Feb. 8, 2022.

拜登与特朗普达成加沙停火协议中央司令部负责人访问以色列

陆军将军埃里克·库里拉 (Erik Kurilla) 最近一次访问以色列正值拜登总统任期的最后几天，白宫官员试图利用伊朗革命卫队多国武装民兵堡垒遭到全面击败的机会。

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director, John Ratcliffe, appears for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, DC.

特朗普提名的中情局官员在确认听证会上警告伊朗核问题取得进展

在确认听证会上，约翰·拉特克利夫谈到了伊朗核武器的研发、叙利亚巴沙尔·阿萨德使用化学武器的证据以及《外国情报监视法》。

Syria’s interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Jan. 15, 2025.

土耳其敦促叙利亚新领导人对 SDF 采取行动

土耳其最高外交官在与叙利亚外长举行具有里程碑意义的会晤后呼吁加强反恐合作。

Ahmed al-Mansour

叙利亚逮捕威胁推翻塞西政权的埃及伊斯兰分子

被通缉的埃及人艾哈迈德·曼苏尔被叙利亚过渡当局逮捕。

The Iranian Navy has taken delivery of Zagros, a domestically-developed destroyer

伊朗海军推出首艘情报监测船“扎格罗斯”号：我们所知道的

周三交付给伊朗海军的这艘舰艇是该国国内军事能力的最新增强。

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Oct. 23, 2024.

伊朗与俄罗斯即将签署合作协议：我们所知道的

尽管该协议的起草目标是重塑双边关系的轨迹，但其对地区的影响仍存在疑问，伊朗担心国家利益受到损害。

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 30: Syria's newly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani during a press conference after a meeting between the Syrian leadership and a Ukrainian delegation to help strengthen ties between the two countries on December 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Syria is transitioning after the fall of the Baath regime and the Assad family's rule, with a temporary administration now in place in Damascus and Aleppo. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)

叙利亚最高外交官将于周三首次访问土耳其：我们所知道的情况

专家认为，土耳其及其他地区国家的安全关切将成为此次访问的重点议题。

A member of Syria's transitional government security forces calls the names of persons queueing up at a center for handing over small arms and security registration with the new authorities, in Damascus, on Dec. 24, 2024.

亲阿萨德民兵与叙利亚安全部队在拉塔基亚发生冲突：我们所知道的情况

此次事件导致两名过渡安全部队成员死亡，这是叙利亚新统治者掌权的最新一次暴力挑战。

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即将出任国际法院院长的亲以色列法官朱莉娅·塞布廷德是谁？

国际法院副院长朱莉娅·塞布廷德 (Julia Sebutinde) 似乎有可能接替即将离任的院长纳瓦夫·萨拉姆 (Nawaf Salam)。