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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

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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

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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.

Turkish Air Force fighter jets perform a military parade over the Bosphorus on Oct. 29, 2023.

Analysis

土耳其与沙特防务关系势头强劲，有望达成 60 亿美元协议：需要了解的情况

土耳其与沙特的防务合作尽管取得了可喜的进展，但仍面临挑战。

Barin Kayaoglu

由 Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One upon arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

特朗普考虑与沙特举行俄罗斯峰会美沙关系如何发展

随着投资关系不断发展，且特朗普助力推动 LIV 高尔夫与美巡赛合并，沙特阿拉伯可能会主办特朗普与俄罗斯外长就乌克兰战争问题的会晤。

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (R) walk after a welcome ceremony in Putrajaya on February 11, 2025. (Photo by FAZRY ISMAIL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by FAZRY ISMAIL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

埃尔多安亚洲之行有望推动土耳其无人机产业和贸易

土耳其总统访问马来西亚、印度尼西亚和巴基斯坦的重点是加强贸易关系，因为土耳其希望扩大其在印度-太平洋地区的影响力。

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

In SPACE - MAY 19: This image captured by a satellite on May 19, 2001 shows the Bushehr Reactor in Iran. The nuclear facility is located approximately 17 kilometers south of the city of Bushehr. The reactor complex occupies a 2.5 Square Kilometer site area, which includes assembly halls, a concrete channel for cooling water that runs from the reactors to the Gulf, and a the harbor, which supports loading and unloading of foreign materials needed for construction and reactor operation. There are two reactor

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特朗普和内塔尼亚胡对伊朗问题“完全理解”，以色列考虑打击核设施

一位不愿透露姓名的以色列高级外交消息人士向 Al-Monitor 证实，以色列和美国已就伊朗问题达成“全面谅解”。这包括如果伊朗拒绝一项比特朗普于 2018 年放弃的 2015 年协议更严格的核协议，双方将采取一致措施。

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

Lebanese children hold their national flag as they walk above the rubble of a destroyed building as families return with the Lebanese army to the southern village of Marwahin, near a border fence with Israel, on Jan. 28, 2025.

特朗普政府似乎放宽了以色列从黎巴嫩撤军的最后期限

特朗普政府的一名官员将以色列撤军的责任归咎于黎巴嫩军队，并质疑其部队是否有能力填补以色列军队空出的阵地。

A commercial aircraft takes off from the runway of Beirut's international airport near the city's southern suburbs on Aug. 9, 2024.

黎巴嫩禁止伊朗航班降落贝鲁特，引发抗议

这次事件是贝鲁特机场一系列事件中的最新一起，该机场一直是伊朗与黎巴嫩政府内部人士之间紧张关系的关键点，黎巴嫩政府内部人士正谨慎地远离伊朗的影响。

OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images

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特朗普冻结援助迫使饱受战争摧残的叙利亚医院停止服务

随着叙利亚逐渐摆脱残酷的内战，在叙利亚政权蓄意轰炸医疗设施期间幸存下来的医生们正面临着新的威胁：美国援助的暂停。

Elizabeth Hagedorn

由 Elizabeth Hagedorn

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

Meteor missiles

土耳其对采购欧洲战斗机和流星导弹持乐观态度

土耳其一名高级官员证实，土耳其已竞标采购流星导弹。

Iranian Basij militia members display their drones during military drills on Jan. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

随着美国紧张局势加剧，伊朗推出水下自杀无人机：我们所知道的

此次无人机的展示是继新型无人航母战舰亮相并计划研发超音速巡航导弹之后的又一举措。

A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) aims a machine gun while lying prone during a joint military exercise with forces of the US-led "Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve" coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya (Derik in Kurdish) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on Sept. 7, 2022.

土耳其加大力度取代库尔德人成为叙利亚反伊斯兰国主要力量

预计约旦、伊拉克和叙利亚新临时政府将加入土耳其旨在取代 SDF 的新联盟。

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Russian President Vladimir Putin

俄罗斯总统普京与叙利亚总统沙拉自阿萨德倒台以来首次通话

叙利亚总统艾哈迈德·沙雷和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周三首次通话，这对这两个前盟友来说是一个不确定的时刻。

Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, gives a joint press conference with the Omani foreign minister in Tehran on Dec. 30, 2024.

伊朗采取外交攻势阻止特朗普的加沙迁移计划

由于其地区代理人在以色列的袭击中遭受重创，伊朗正寻求通过鼓励伊斯兰国家动员起来反对唐纳德·特朗普总统的加沙政策来恢复其在新的地区动态中的地位。