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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

AFP via Getty Images

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 monument with the emblem of the Syrian government stands in front of a government building in Damascus.

伊朗支持的新组织希望对抗“分裂”叙利亚的计划：你需要知道什么

一个名为“叙利亚伊斯兰抵抗阵线”的新成立的叙利亚武装组织誓言要抵抗美国、以色列和土耳其在阿萨德倒台后分裂叙利亚的努力。

A Palestinian family (C-L) eat an iftar meal, the breaking of the fast, in their destroyed house amid the rubble of buildings in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 4, 2025, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. UN chief Antonio Guterres said he strongly endorsed an Egyptian plan put to Arab leaders at a summit in Cairo on March 4 for Gaza's reconstruction without displacement of its Palestinian inhabitants. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

白宫拒绝阿拉伯人对战后加沙的计划，坚持特朗普的

特朗普政府断然拒绝了阿拉伯国家针对战后加沙提出的联合提议，坚持将加沙视为房地产开发项目，观察人士将此比作种族清洗。

People watch on a big screen as Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, welcomes Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas ahead of an Arab League summit on Gaza on March 4, 2025.

阿拉伯国家支持埃及 530 亿美元的加沙计划和“技术官僚”政府

该计划还要求联合国考虑向巴勒斯坦地区派遣维和部队，但可能会面临以色列和哈马斯的阻挠。

Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of defense for policy, prepares for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC.

特朗普选择五角大楼政策负责人意味着对伊朗施加更大军事压力

埃尔布里奇·科尔比放弃了之前的立场，承诺如果得到确认，他将向白宫提供美国军事选择，以阻止伊朗获得核武器。

A man checks old banknotes in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on March 3, 2025. Iran's parliament sacked the country's finance minister on March 2 after impeaching him over soaring inflation and a plunging currency, state television reported. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

伊朗结案 37 亿美元腐败案民众强烈抗议

在只有两名前部长获得轻判的情况下，这起涉及37亿美元的贪污案在日益严峻的经济环境背景下再次引发了关于系统性腐败的全国性争论。

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam walks among Lebanese army soldiers as he visits the southern village of Khiam near the border with Israel, on Feb. 28, 2025.

美国批准向黎巴嫩军队提供9500万美元援助

特朗普政府破例冻结对外援助，向黎巴嫩武装部队提供 9500 万美元援助。

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in Tehran, on July 19, 2022.

Analysis

土耳其向库尔德人示好，并在叙利亚和伊拉克发挥更大作用，令伊朗感到不安

随着安卡拉采取行动与库尔德人达成和平并以牺牲德黑兰为代价扩大其在叙利亚和伊拉克的影响力，伊朗和土耳其在该地区之间的竞争进一步加深。

Amberin Zaman

由 Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Fidan and Araghchi

叙利亚和库尔德人局势紧张之际伊朗、土耳其召集外交官：需要了解的情况

上周，土耳其最高外交官在接受半岛电视台阿拉伯语频道采访时批评德黑兰使用代理部队，此后土耳其和伊朗的紧张局势加剧。

Ultraorthodox Jewish men speak to soldiers standing on an armored personnel carrier in the buffer zone that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Feb. 27, 2025.

Analysis

在向叙利亚德鲁兹派拉拢的过程中，以色列将会反击土耳其还是会遭到冷遇？

由于担心土耳其在叙利亚的影响力日益增强，以色列寻求扩大其在叙利亚影响力的方法，包括重建与德鲁兹派的伙伴关系。

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

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the extended format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Live Updates

阿拉伯峰会通过埃及针对特朗普接管加沙的替代方案：需要了解的内容

阿拉伯国家采纳了埃及的一项计划，呼吁建立一个“技术官僚”委员会在巴勒斯坦权力机构的领导下管理加沙地带，作为解决以巴冲突的更广泛的两国解决方案的一部分。

Israeli tanks take position near the fence with the buffer zone that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from the rest of Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on Dec. 8, 2024.

以色列对叙利亚西北部进行新一轮袭击：你需要知道什么

以色列军方称，继上周对大马士革南部发动袭击后，周一又对叙利亚西北部的军事目标进行了一轮袭击。

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (L) is welcomed by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) upon his arrival in at al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, on March 3, 2025.

黎巴嫩总统奥恩在沙特阿拉伯寻求军队支持及 30 亿美元拨款

一位专家表示，沙特对黎巴嫩最近的政治发展感到满意，总统希望沙特在以色列和真主党实施停火期间加强对黎巴嫩军队的援助。