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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 Jan. 12, 2017.

伊拉克宣布恢复飞往伊朗的航班：你需要了解哪些信息

伊拉克民众抗议这一旨在向伊朗施压的最新举措，而伊朗支持的民兵组织誓言，如果航班不恢复，他们将做出回应。

A member of Syria's security forces stands guard outside a former army base near the city of Quneitra in southern Syria, on the edge of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Sept. 21, 2025.

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叙利亚戈兰高地拘留事件加剧了民众对以色列军队的愤怒，也引发了对新政府的质疑。

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed

阿联酋酋长曼苏尔将在两国关系紧张之际访问沙特阿拉伯。

Rosaleen Carroll

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

Ronen Bar, former chief of Israel's domestic Shin Bet security agency

前辛贝特局长罗南·巴尔将就10月7日的指控起诉内塔尼亚胡：你需要了解什么

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

In this handout released by the US Navy on July 15, 2010, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean.

美国新型航空母舰驶往中东，伊朗战争持续进行

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

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Assala Nasri (C) attends the 2025 Joy Awards at The Venue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 18, 2025.

Culture

叙利亚歌手阿萨拉在流亡15年后重返大马士革舞台

这位叙利亚明星是阿拉伯世界最著名的艺术家之一，自 2011 年公开支持反对已被推翻的阿萨德政府的起义以来，她一直处于自我流放状态。

ISRAEL-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-MASS-MEDIA-D (L to R) Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff, co-creators of the hit Israeli TV show "Fauda", attend a demonstration against the Israeli government's plans to shut-down public broadcaster KAN, in Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 25, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Culture

以色列剧集《法乌达》在黎巴嫩Netflix排行榜上名列榜首，并在阿拉伯国家跻身前十。

Leyla Borovali at her studio overlooking the Aegean

Culture

土耳其陶艺家莱拉·博罗瓦利（Leyla Borovali）将爱琴海的传统融入陶土之中。

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Culture

在分裂的塞浦路斯，巴塞罗那青年队训练营引发新的争议：你需要了解什么

The 26-feet-tall statues of the ancient Egyptian King Amenhotep III (1391-53 BC), father of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) and probably grandfather of Tutankhamun, and his consort queen, Tiye, at the Egyptian Museum, Tahrir Square, Cairo, June 11, 2025.

Culture

超越图坦卡蒙：开罗埃及博物馆寻求自我革新

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Amir Yaryab

阿米尔·亚里亚布是谁？这位伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队网络指挥官为何成为美国的重点关注对象？

美国国务院悬赏高达 1000 万美元，征集有关阿米尔·亚里亚布的信息，他负责伊朗网络行动的关键部分。

Guests stand at the booth of Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, on Oct. 29, 2025.

沙特阿拉伯选择中国MiniMax公司开发阿拉伯语人工智能模型

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

The headquarters of SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, with a Falcon 9 booster in March 2024.

Explainer

沙特投资者或将成为SpaceX历史性IPO的主要受益者。

People sit in a cafe outside the Apple Store in Dubai on May 8, 2025.

伊朗将美国科技和金融公司列入新的中东威胁名单

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Traffic rolls along a main throughfare under a banner with images of past and present leaders that reads in Farsi, "Domino fall", as daily life returns to the streets following nationwide protests, in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 19, 2026. Demonstrations sparked in late December by anger over economic hardship exploded into protests widely seen as the biggest challenge to the Iranian leadership in years. Limited internet access briefly returned in Iran before dropping again, a monitor said January

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伊朗史上持续时间最长的网络中断导致99%的用户断网：你需要了解什么

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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AFP via Getty Images

尽管胡塞武装发出威胁，航运巨头仍谨慎地重返红海。

赫伯罗特和马士基本月早些时候宣布，他们航运合作关系下的三项服务将从好望角航线转移回红海航线。

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

霍尔木兹海峡僵局加剧，特朗普威胁发动袭击，油价上涨

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

LNG tanker

卡塔尔延长液化天然气不可抗力声明，导致对欧洲和亚洲的供应中断持续延长。

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

Traditional Qatari dhows docked in front of Doha's skyline from the Corniche promenade, Nov. 28, 2022.

Analysis

卡塔尔正通过华尔街交易应对新的经济现实，霍尔木兹希望如此。

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

A shipping vessel transits the Strait of Hormuz

Explainer

沙特阿拉伯重返霍尔木兹海峡，将考验石油运输网络