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随着叙利亚与欧洲的联系日益紧密，叙利亚宣布开通直飞阿姆斯特丹的航班，进一步扩大与欧洲的联系。

叙利亚民航和航空运输总局局长宣布，在暂停多年后，叙利亚航空公司将恢复大马士革和阿姆斯特丹之间的直航服务。

Qatar's Energy Minister and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi speaks during a press conference in Doha on June 22, 2026.

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卡塔尔爆炸事件凸显重启海湾能源流动的挑战

这场致命的爆炸标志着海湾地区在经历了由美以伊战争造成的历史性能源供应冲击后，为恢复石油和天然气生产所做的努力，迎来了一次早期考验。

A worker counts banknotes after filling up the tank of a vehicle at a petrol station in Giza on March 10, 2026.

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美埃合作基金论证了在硬实力时代运用经济治国之道的重要性

当华盛顿将重心放在战争和威慑上时，埃及裔美国企业基金认为，私营部门的投资可以促进美国的战略利益。

Cornelius Queen

Cornelius Queen

Senior Vice President of the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund

MUSCAT, OMAN - JUNE 21: Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos around Qaboos Port on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the region's oil and gas, was effectively blockaded since the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran in late February. This week's provisional peace deal between the countries was meant to reopen the waterway to shipping traffic, but the pace of that reopening is unclear amid continued fighting in Lebano

伊朗和美国释放和平协议进展信号后，油价下跌超过3%。

截至美国东部时间上午 7:06，国际基准布伦特原油跌至每桶 78.68 美元。

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美伊协议引发3000亿美元争议，重建问题引人关注

A woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran's national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026.

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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法国官员称，尽管伊朗战争爆发，法湾投资依然坚挺。

French Trade & Invest Commissioner for United Arab Emirates and Middle East and Business France's regional director for the Middle East Axel Baroux. — Business France

Axel Baroux

France’s trade and investment commissioner for the UAE and Middle East

卡塔尔国家银行：海湾地区投资将转向国内，用于重建战后基础设施

A picture taken on June 5, 2017, shows a man walking past the Qatar National Bank branch in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

沙特阿美的风险投资部门认为新兴技术和零售业将蓬勃发展

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A general view shows the Awad oil field in the eastern Qamishli countryside in northeastern Syria, on Feb. 9, 2026.

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特朗普警告称美伊协议“尚未最终确定”，油价下跌趋势有所缓和。

周三，由于交易员们正在消化有关结束战争和重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的各种相互矛盾的信号，布伦特原油价格一度短暂回升至每桶 80 美元以上。

A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft of Saudi airline Riyadh Air is pictured on the tarmac at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on June 7, 2026.

沙特阿拉伯利雅得航空获得美国飞行许可：你需要了解什么

在利雅得航空首次商业飞行之后，该航空公司获得了批准。尽管受到与美以伊战争相关的行业动荡的影响，该航空公司仍努力在利润丰厚的全球航空市场站稳脚跟。

The Kuwait City skyline is pictured from across the waterfront along the Gulf in Salimiyah on June 2, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images)

战争重创科威特经济，该国通过发放投资许可证吸引富裕的外国投资者。

这个海湾国家周一宣布向投资者发放新的 15 年居留许可，而就在一天前，该国刚刚剥夺了数千人的公民身份。

Aluminum from Dubai sits in the BMW Landshut factory on Oct. 25, 2024 in Ergolding, Germany.

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随着霍尔木兹海峡危机加速转变，海湾铝业寻求全球交易。

受美以伊战争的影响，海湾地区的铝出口商正寻求全球交易，这场战争已将铝价推至6月初的多年高位。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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贝森特表示，伊朗被冻结的资产将用于赔偿海湾地区的损失和霍尔木兹海峡的交通事故损失。

美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，伊朗对海湾盟友造成的任何损失都将用从伊朗账户中提取的资金来赔偿。

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随着伊朗战争持续，美国战略石油储备接近四十年来最低水平。

受伊朗战争引发的全球能源冲击影响，美国战略石油储备降至3.492亿桶。

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霍尔木兹海峡中断导致能源贸易改道，苏伊士运河交通量激增

4月份，该运河创造了4.19亿美元的收入，同比增长27%。

A long convoys of Iraqi diesel-laden tanker trucks line up along the highway Tartus-Baniyas highway as they wait to unload their cargo at the Baniyas port refinery on the Mediterranean Sea, on April 15, 2026.

叙利亚称，随着大马士革寻求外国能源投资，伊拉克石油运输量激增。

叙利亚石油公司首席执行官优素福·基布拉维周二在华盛顿举行的大西洋理事会全球能源论坛上表示，近几个月来，伊拉克通过叙利亚陆路石油出口迅速增长。

An old locomotive sits outside the Hejaz rail station in old Damascus on February 23, 2010. The Hejaz railway ran from Damascucs to Medina in Saudi Arabia and was part of the Ottoman railway network. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

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沙特阿拉伯和土耳其推进复兴历史悠久的汉志铁路的计划

土耳其和沙特官员签署协议，这是土耳其为恢复连接土耳其与海湾地区、途经叙利亚、约旦和沙特阿拉伯的汉志铁路而采取的举措之一。

An Airbus A321 airliner arrives at the Mehrabad international airport during the delivery of the first batch of planes to the Iranian state airline Iran Air in the capital Tehran on Jaunary 12, 2017. - The aircraft arrived as part of an order for 100 other Airbus planes with a list price of around $20 billion (19 billion euros) on December 22, placed after the lifting of international sanctions on the Islamic republic. It will be used for internal flights landed at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. (Photo by ATTA

以色列与伊朗的冲突升级导致中东部分地区航班停飞。

以色列空袭伊朗后，伊朗暂停了所有机场的航班。

Oil tankers and high-speed crafts anchored near the Strait of Hormuz, Muscat, Oman, March 30, 2026.

Analysis

阿曼的战时悖论：外交损失，经济收益

专家认为，尽管美以伊战争损害了马斯喀特的外交地位，但阿曼仍将从中获得长期的经济利益。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Analysis

阿联酋天空新闻阿拉伯频道与天空电视台分道扬镳，引发海湾地区媒体和权力问题。

总部位于英国的天空新闻近日宣布，将放弃其在与阿联酋合作伙伴国际媒体投资公司共同推出的24小时阿拉伯语频道中的股份。

由 Jack Dutton

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