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Traffic passes a billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," Valiasr Square, Tehran, April 15, 2024. ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images.

Analysis

随着战争狂热消退，中情局关于伊朗导弹的报告削弱了内塔尼亚胡的影响力。

这些发现使人们对以色列在战争中取得的成果产生了怀疑，并给内塔尼亚胡的竞选策略带来了压力，尤其是在大选之前。

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

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美国对伊拉克下一任总理提出要求，希望其遏制伊朗民兵组织。

特朗普政府正在谨慎地评估伊拉克新任总理候选人阿里·扎伊迪，将其视为对抗伊朗影响力的潜在合作伙伴。

An Iranian woman holds up an image of Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

伊朗总统称与穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊举行了正式会晤：你需要了解什么

总统的声明标志着高级官员与最高领袖穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊会面的首次公开确认，自战争开始以来，哈梅内伊一直没有公开露面。

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。

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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

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara, 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

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.

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。

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Analysis

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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In Tehran, reporting on politics

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ( L) stands beside Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud upon his arrival at the Aden Abdulle international airport in Mogadishu on Jan. 25, 2015.

除了埃塞俄比亚和索马里兰之外，土耳其与索马里的防务协议加剧了阿联酋的竞争

安卡拉和摩加迪沙之间的最新协议成为土耳其和阿联酋争夺在索马里影响力之际的潜在摩擦点。

Member of the Taliban delegation Khairullah Khairkhwa (R) arrives at Ankara Esenboga Airport on Oct. 14, 2021.

尽管塔利班缺乏认可，土耳其与阿富汗的贸易关系能否蓬勃发展？

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves 10, Downing Street after meeting Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on March 24, 2023 in London, England. Benjamin Netanyahu visits London against a backdrop of unrest at home. Protest are being held weekly across Israel against legislation neing pushed through the Knesset by his government to restain the judiciary. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Analysis

不能指望他出局：内塔尼亚胡及其盟友在以色列市政选举中得分很高

尽管利库德集团在民调中的支持率大幅下滑，但总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡的政党在本周的市政选举中保留了大部分权力。

Mazal Mualem

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In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 01: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R)leaves after casting his ballots during the parliamentary and key clerical body elections at a polling station on March 1, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Iranians are voting in parliamentary elections and will also cast ballots for the Assembly of Experts, which selects and nominally oversees the work of Iran's supreme leader. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

伊朗选举的两个赢家：强硬派和安全镇压

执政机构争先恐后地说服选民，预计在对 2022 年骚乱进行致命镇压后，投票率将创下历史新低。

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联合国指责苏丹 RSF 强奸和种族屠杀，赫梅蒂向该地区提起诉讼

一份新的联合国报告记录了穆罕默德·哈姆丹·达加洛领导的快速支援部队在苏丹达尔富尔地区令人震惊的暴行。

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center left) meets with KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Feb. 29, 2024.

Analysis

拜登政府支持“有弹性”的伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区

伊拉克库尔德斯坦总理巴尔扎尼访问华盛顿，向巴格达和伊朗传达信息。

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Masked Palestinian protesters walk near flaming tires during clashes with Israeli forces following a rally in solidarity with Gaza by supporters of the Fatah and Hamas movements, in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on October 13, 2023. AFP correspondents and a security official reported clashes after rallies in solidarity with war-battered Gaza in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarm, Hebron and other cities and towns, with the Palestinian Red Crescent reporting dozens wounded across the West Bank, some cr

Analysis

随着加沙的沸腾，约旦河西岸的内爆在斋月前夕超过了以色列和美国的担忧

美国和以色列官员担心，斋月期间进入阿克萨清真寺可能会引发骚乱，并蔓延到以色列阿拉伯社区和该地区其他地区。

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

Displaced Palestinians queue for food donations in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Nov. 30, 2023.

随着斋月的临近，美国敦促加沙停火

谈判人员正在努力确保暂时停火，以推迟以色列计划对拉法的进攻并释放一些剩余的人质。

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) hosts Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of Sudan, in Cairo, Feb. 29, 2024.

苏丹陆军参谋长访问利比亚后访问埃及，内战仍在继续

苏丹将军阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·布尔汉正在努力争取非洲支持，以对抗准军事快速支援部队。

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C) inspects the guard of honour upon his arrival for a state visit at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) (Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images)

随着德黑兰与非洲关系的发展，伊朗总统莱西14年来首次访问阿尔及利亚

随着德黑兰面临西方日益孤立的局面，阿尔及利亚与伊朗保持着友好关系。

TOPSHOT - Reporters ask questions as Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds a press conference following his address to the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2023. Western powers through their support to Ukraine have effectively entered direct war against Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday. "You can call it anything you want, but they are fighting with us, they are straight-up fighting with us. We call it a hybrid war,

埃尔多安寻求与俄罗斯建立新的黑海机制拉夫罗夫将访问土耳其

土耳其总统在俄罗斯高级外交官访问之前公布了制定新安全法规的努力。

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian news agency Sputnik on Dec. 7, 2023, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow.

随着制裁加强联盟，伊朗对俄罗斯的出口额达到 2B 美元高位

伊朗对俄罗斯出口的大幅增长表明两国越来越重视联合解决方案，以规避国际制裁，这些制裁已经挤压了两国的经济。