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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to journalists as he arrives for an informal meeting of the European Council in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 24, 2026.

为何美国和以色列将法国排除在黎巴嫩谈判之外？

以色列和黎巴嫩的会谈正在华盛顿举行，但巴黎仍然坚持认为，它必须参与其中，以平衡美国可能存在的偏袒，并保护贝鲁特的利益。

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on the margins of the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, on April 17, 2026.

Analysis

沙特阿拉伯和埃及为何对土耳其提议与巴基斯坦建立四国防御条约持谨慎态度？

拟议的框架面临着重大障碍和断层线，包括北约的限制、以色列的反对以及薄弱的军事一体化。

Barin Kayaoglu

由 Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

An elections employee tapes a poster with instructions to voters ahead of the upcoming municipal elections in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 21, 2026.

Feature

加沙民众对20年来首次地方选举抱有谨慎的希望。

加沙中部城市代尔巴拉赫即将举行近二十年来的首次市政选举。

Rasha Abou Jalal

由 Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L) disembarks from an airplane upon his arrival at the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut on Jan. 23, 2025.

在黎巴嫩，沙特阿拉伯奉行低调的外交策略，而特朗普则力推与以色列关系正常化。

近几日，沙特阿拉伯在黎巴嫩展开了密集的外交斡旋，旨在促成与以色列延长停火协议。

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叙利亚逮捕塔达蒙大屠杀凶手阿姆贾德·优素福：你需要了解什么

A young man stands in the entrance of tunnels that were used by the ISIS and the Assad's regime for fighting. Tadamon, Syria, February 7, 2025. (Photo by Raghed Waked / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by RAGHED WAKED/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

土耳其Baykar公司首次测试K2集群自杀式无人机：你需要了解什么

CORLU, TURKEY- MARCH 2: A B model of Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Assault Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) in the sky on March 2, 2022 in Corlu, Turkey. (Photo by Baykar Press Office/dia images via Getty Images)

Analysis

以色列担心特朗普试图通过与黎巴嫩达成协议来抵消伊朗方面的失误。

US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa (R) holds a signed "Make America Great Again" hat while (L-R) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad listen to US President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador to the US and Israel Ambassador to the US, at the White House in Washington, DC on April 23, 2026. US President Donald Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a

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

黎巴嫩向被以色列杀害的记者阿迈勒·哈利勒告别：你需要了解什么

Amal Khalil, a veteran correspondent for the daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, in the southern Lebanese border village of Jebbayn in 2024.

EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images

随着达尔富尔暴行指控不断增加，苏丹总理下令进入警戒状态。

联合国安理会周四召开会议，讨论有关快速支援部队占领法希尔后发生大规模屠杀和暴行的报道。

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6, 2025 in Washington, DC.

美国能源部长取消访问，此前以色列搁置了价值350亿美元的埃及天然气交易。

尽管美国施加压力，但能源部长埃利·科恩拒绝批准与埃及达成的价值 350 亿美元的天然气协议，直到“以色列市场获得公平的价格”。

The Prime Minister was accompanied by his Chief-of-Staff, Tzachi Braverman, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, ISA Director David Zini, his Military Secretary Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman, the Head of IDF Coordination Command, Maj.-Gen. Yaki Dolf, and senior IDF officials.

Analysis

随着美国中央司令部在以色列南部设立基地，人们越来越担心美国影响力的扩张。

美国中央司令部在以色列南部设立军民协调中心，使华盛顿对以色列在加沙的行动拥有了前所未有的控制权。

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

Camels roam next to wind turbines that will supply power to a desalination plant under construction in Dakhla in the disputed Western Sahara, mostly controlled by Morocco, on May 26, 2025.

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特朗普最新和平努力瞄准阿尔及利亚和摩洛哥在西撒哈拉问题上的分歧

当全世界的目光都聚焦在加沙停火之际，特朗普政府却将目光投向了另一场冲突：西撒哈拉。

Elizabeth Hagedorn

由 Elizabeth Hagedorn

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

MEDITERRANIAN SEA - OCTOBER 2: In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), and Italian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel ITS Paolo Thaon di Revel (P430), flagship of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2, operate in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 2, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group 12, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality and re

特朗普在委内瑞拉的僵局将使美国航母无法在中东作战。

随着特朗普政府将施压行动转向拉丁美洲，福特号驱逐舰的离开将使华盛顿失去海军在中东的随叫随到机动打击能力。

Fighters from the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army faction stand by a "technical" pickup truck at a position near the Tishrin Dam in the vicinity of Manbij, in the east of Syria's northern Aleppo province, on January 10, 2025 amidst ongoing battles with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

土耳其军事院校将与叙利亚举行联合演习，并培训49名叙利亚学员：你需要了解哪些信息

此次训练和演习标志着安卡拉和大马士革于 8 月签署的军事合作协议首次得到切实落实。

A Lebanese policeman walks past a portrait of Ibrahim Salameh, a Lebanese municipal employee who was killed during an Israeli army raid in the southern border village of Blida, displayed outside the municipality building on Oct. 30, 2025.

以色列袭击导致黎巴嫩南部一名市政工人丧生后，奥恩敦促各方作出回应

以色列军队在入侵黎巴嫩期间杀害了一名市政雇员，这进一步加剧了该国的紧张局势。近几周来，人们对再次爆发战争的担忧日益加剧。

A woman walks past electoral billboards in central Baghdad on Oct. 19, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections in Iraq on Nov. 11.

伊拉克在全国大选前几周遭遇一波政治暴力浪潮。

当局正在加强即将到来的投票前的安保工作，由于民众对政治进程普遍感到不满，此次投票率可能再次偏低。

Displaced Sudanese who fled el-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces rest near the the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, on Oct. 28, 2025.

无国界记者组织在苏丹发动“法希尔行动”，造成2300人死亡，阿联酋被指控援助该民兵组织。

从被占领的北达尔富尔城市传出的视频显示，现场一片血腥暴力和破坏景象，医院变成了“屠宰场”，平民在街头被处决。

A boy reacts sitting amid the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 29, 2025.

空袭造成100多名巴勒斯坦人死亡后，以色列重申加沙停火协议

在对加沙地带进行一夜空袭以报复一名以色列士兵在拉法被杀之后，以色列军方宣布恢复加沙停火。

Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade on Jan. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

伊朗革命卫队悄然改组引发战后动荡猜测

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队悄悄解除了资深指挥官穆罕默德·礼萨·纳克迪的职务，在该国安全层级发生更广泛变化的背景下，此举引发了有关战后重组、内部重新调整和挥之不去的间谍指控的争论。

Hamas militants carry a body retrieved from a tunnel in an area north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 28, 2025.

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哈马斯袭击拉法后，内塔尼亚胡下令对加沙进行“强力”打击

当天早些时候，哈马斯武装分子向正在拉法地区进行工程施工的以色列军队发射了反坦克导弹，该地区仍处于以色列控制之下。