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People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs neighborhood of Haret Hreik on May 6, 2026.

以色列违反黎巴嫩停火协议，袭击贝鲁特

自停火生效以来，以色列继续对黎巴嫩南部进行空袭，但没有对贝鲁特发动袭击。

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara, May 6, 2026.

沙特外长访问土耳其，安卡拉和利雅得在伊朗战争期间加强协调

沙特外交大臣费萨尔·本·法尔汉亲王访问安卡拉之际，正值土耳其和沙特之间的合作迅速加强，伊朗战争的余波正在重塑海湾地区的安全格局。

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, second right, talks to his Iranian Counterpart Abbas Araghchi, left, during the bilateral meeting in Beijing, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

伊朗与中国讨论霍尔木兹海峡重新开放事宜，美伊可能举行会谈

中国外交部长告诉伊朗外长，“坚持谈判尤为重要”。

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黎巴嫩和以色列计划举行第三轮会谈，但内塔尼亚胡和奥恩会面仍遥遥无期。

美国似乎正在推动黎巴嫩总统约瑟夫·奥恩和以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡会面，但黎巴嫩政府表示，只要以色列继续对黎巴嫩发动袭击，会面就不会发生。

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伊朗在海湾地区的策略：攻击阿联酋以改变美国的战略考量

A billboard with the image of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wraps the front of a building in Tehran on May 5, 2026.

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伊朗外长阿拉格奇前往中国，美国就霍尔木兹海峡问题向北京施压：你需要了解什么

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土耳其和亚美尼亚同意修复一座中世纪桥梁，以推动关系正常化

A picture taken near Kars on Feb. 28, 2024 shows the ruins of a bridge over Arpacay river, the natural border between Turkey and Armenia.

欧盟称，与霍尔木兹海峡危机相关的能源成本已飙升至350亿美元以上。

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An Aviation Boatswains Mate (Bottom) signals to the pilots of an MV-22 Osprey assault support aircraft, assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, as it departs off the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Baltic Sea, June 7, 2022.

在以色列与真主党关系紧张之际，美国为何向东地中海派遣海军陆战队？

在人们担心以色列威胁进攻黎巴嫩真主党可能引发更大范围的地区战争的背景下，此次部署扩大了华盛顿决策者的选择范围。

Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol building prior to a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court Ethics conducted by Democrats of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 11, 2024 in Washington, DC.

众议院支出法案取消了近东救济工程处和加沙码头的资金，阻碍了难民安置

总统乔·拜登威胁说，如果众议院通过的《州与海外行动法案》送到他的办公桌上，他将否决该法案。

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JUNE 25: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant walk into the Pentagon on June 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Their meeting comes a day after Gallant and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sat down together to discuss Gaza and Lebanon. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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美国拒绝以色列对黎巴嫩发动有限战争，继续冻结2000磅炸弹

在总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡发表声明指责拜登政府停止向以色列运送武器后，国防部长约阿夫·加兰特前往华盛顿进行损害控制。

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

A large sign put up by private citizens bearing the portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, with text in Arabic below reading "total allegiance", is displayed along Abo Romaneh street in the capital Damascus on May 10, 2021 ahead of the country's presidential elections. - A Syrian former minister and a member of the Damascus-tolerated opposition will face Assad in the May 26 presidential election, according to the constitutional court in Syria. The election will be the second since the start of a dec

阿萨德“欢迎”修复与土耳其的关系，俄罗斯或伊拉克可以调解吗？

一位专家表示，陷入停滞的安卡拉与大马士革对话可能会出现一些快速进展，但他警告说，由于包括即将到来的美国大选在内的复杂因素，不要期待太多。

An Iranian cleric walks past a banner and posters with the image of presidential candidate, conservative Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as he walks along a street days before the national snap elections, in Tehran on June 26, 2024. Six candidates are vying in the June 28 snap elections to succeed the ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

伊朗大选：剩下 4 名候选人，强硬派支持加利巴夫和贾利利

强硬派赛义德·贾利利 (Saeed Jalili) 和改革派马苏德·佩泽什基安 (Masoud Pezeshkian) 在最近的两次民意调查中名列前茅，但许多伊朗人表示，由于普遍反对政府，他们不打算投票。

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以色列袭击叙利亚，随着真主党紧张局势加剧，进一步袭击黎巴嫩

自加沙战争爆发以来，为了回应亲伊朗团体对以色列的频频袭击，以色列加大了对叙利亚境内的袭击力度。

A photo taken during a tour organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport shows staff loading cargo onto a plane at Beirut's international airport on June 24, 2024.

以色列局势紧张之际，德国、澳大利亚、加拿大警告不要前往黎巴嫩

黎巴嫩真主党与以色列之间的战斗近日不断升级，导致多个国家担心爆发战争，建议人们不要前往黎巴嫩。

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伊朗声称沙特阿拉伯不会让伊朗朝圣者投票

去年，伊朗和沙特阿拉伯恢复关系后，伊朗信徒于今年四月恢复了前往沙特圣地进行朝觐的行程。

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 29: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to supporters at his party’s Istanbul mayoral candidate Murat Kurum's campaign rally on March 29, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey will hold municipal elections on Sunday March 31, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party aiming to reclaim cities lost in 2019, including the country's largest city of Istanbul and the capital Ankara. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

土耳其埃尔多安警告以色列不要发动黎巴嫩战争，称内塔尼亚胡“精神病”

土耳其总统的言论再次点燃了土耳其和以色列之间的口水战。

A Sudanese girl who have fled from the war in Sudan with her family carry a box with some of her belongings after arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024.More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the re

苏丹战争死亡人数超过 40,000 人，200 万人面临饥荒

有关苏丹危机的最新数据显示，随着交战双方将军之间的战斗范围扩大，情况正在恶化。

A man gestures as he holds up a small election flag during a campaign rally for reformist candidate Massoud Pezeshkian at Afrasiabi Stadium in Tehran on June 23, 2024 ahead of the upcoming Iranian presidential election. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

伊朗总统选举中国有优势吗？

伊朗下一任总统是否会在寻求改善与北京的关系的同时，继续维持该国目前的反西方、反美立场，是中国最关心的问题。

An Iranian woman without wearing mandatory headscarves walks past electoral posters in Tehran, Iran, on June 20, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. People in Iran are increasingly showing less interest in casting their vote in the snap presidential election scheduled on June 28 after the disqualification of several candidates by the country's religious Guardian Council. Voter turnouts have hit historically lo

伊朗改革派和强硬派候选人在上次辩论中就外交政策发生冲突

马苏德·佩泽什基安在一场激烈的现场辩论中猛烈抨击了他的强硬派对手，指责他们支持占领沙特和英国大使馆以及破坏 2015 年核协议的恢复。