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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Oct. 15, 2025.

Analysis

除了军事基地之外：尽管两国关系依然稳固，但俄罗斯在叙利亚的立足点却在不断缩小。

叙利亚与俄罗斯的关系进入了一个新阶段，双方达成协议重组莫斯科的军事存在，并为继续保持经济关系和影响力敞开了大门。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Motorists drive vehicles past a billboard depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei along a street in central Tehran on August 8, 2026. Hopes for an imminent US-Iran deal to end the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz added to optimism that oil and gas, along with other key products, would again start flowing freely after more than five months of war. But oil prices turned higher ahead of the weekend in the absence of any confirmation of an accord, amid reports that Iran was planning to block US and Is

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加入金砖国家银行对伊朗摇摇欲坠的经济意味着什么？

伊朗中央银行行长本周前往印度参加新开发银行财长会议时表示，伊朗将很快加入该银行。

A photograph obtained from the Iranian Students’ News Agency shows an oil slick along the southern coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, August 13, 2026.

阿曼和伊朗格什姆岛附近海域的石油泄漏在战争中造成环境破坏。

据估计，阿曼海岸附近的一次漏油事件覆盖面积超过 772 平方英里，对当地栖息地造成了毁灭性破坏。

Libyan firefighting teams attempt to extinguish a fire at the Zawiya refinery, the second-largest oil refinery in Libya, with a refining capacity of 120,000 barrels per day, after a tank belonging to the state-owned Libyan Brega Oil Company was attacked by unknown perpetrators, in Zawiya, Libya, on Aug. 11, 2026.

Analysis

随着美国推动和平进程，利比亚暴力冲突再度爆发，利比亚石油复苏面临新考验。

无人机袭击摧毁了扎维亚的一个变电站，美国支持的和平努力似乎加剧了国内紧张局势。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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科威特液化天然气进口量攀升至伊朗战争爆发以来的最高水平

The Al-Riqqa oil tanker (L) and Al-Yarmouk oil tankers sail in the Arabian Gulf waters, off the coast of Kuwait City on June 27, 2026.

Explainer

随着开罗应对海湾地区格局的变化，阿联酋与埃及的关系持续加强。

Building construction at the Red Sea in Egypt.

Explainer

埃及和利比亚开始研究价值10亿美元的输油管道：你需要了解什么

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Analysis

国际足联陷入动荡：中东局势成为焦点，因凡蒂诺力图保住权力

Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, speaks to the media during a FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Press Conference at Mexico City Stadium on June 10, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

MUSCAT, OMAN - JUNE 21: Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos around Qaboos Port on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the region's oil and gas, was effectively blockaded since the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran in late February. This week's provisional peace deal between the countries was meant to reopen the waterway to shipping traffic, but the pace of that reopening is unclear amid continued fighting in Lebano

伊朗和美国释放和平协议进展信号后，油价下跌超过3%。

截至美国东部时间上午 7:06，国际基准布伦特原油跌至每桶 78.68 美元。

A woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran's national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026.

Analysis

美伊协议引发3000亿美元争议，重建问题引人关注

根据6月17日签署的美伊协议，德黑兰将获得全面的制裁豁免、恢复石油销售、获得被冻结的海外资产，以及或许最具争议的激励措施：一项拟议的3000亿美元投资基金。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

French Trade & Invest Commissioner for United Arab Emirates and Middle East and Business France's regional director for the Middle East Axel Baroux. — Business France

Interview

法国官员称，尽管伊朗战争爆发，法湾投资依然坚挺。

法国投资者正在将资本重新配置到人工智能和技术等战略领域，而不是完全撤出该地区。

Axel Baroux

France’s trade and investment commissioner for the UAE and Middle East

A picture taken on June 5, 2017, shows a man walking past the Qatar National Bank branch in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

卡塔尔国家银行：海湾地区投资将转向国内，用于重建战后基础设施

卡塔尔国家银行企业及机构银行业务主管查尔斯-埃马纽埃尔·德·博雷加德表示，霍尔木兹海峡关闭后，海湾国家需要重建其物流能力。

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沙特阿美的风险投资部门认为新兴技术和零售业将蓬勃发展

Wa'ed Ventures 首席执行官 Anas Alqahtani 预计，未来几年沙特阿拉伯新兴的科技和零售行业将实现强劲增长。

A general view shows the Awad oil field in the eastern Qamishli countryside in northeastern Syria, on Feb. 9, 2026.

Explainer

特朗普警告称美伊协议“尚未最终确定”，油价下跌趋势有所缓和。

周三，由于交易员们正在消化有关结束战争和重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的各种相互矛盾的信号，布伦特原油价格一度短暂回升至每桶 80 美元以上。

A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft of Saudi airline Riyadh Air is pictured on the tarmac at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on June 7, 2026.

沙特阿拉伯利雅得航空获得美国飞行许可：你需要了解什么

在利雅得航空首次商业飞行之后，该航空公司获得了批准。尽管受到与美以伊战争相关的行业动荡的影响，该航空公司仍努力在利润丰厚的全球航空市场站稳脚跟。

The Kuwait City skyline is pictured from across the waterfront along the Gulf in Salimiyah on June 2, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images)

战争重创科威特经济，该国通过发放投资许可证吸引富裕的外国投资者。

这个海湾国家周一宣布向投资者发放新的 15 年居留许可，而就在一天前，该国刚刚剥夺了数千人的公民身份。

Aluminum from Dubai sits in the BMW Landshut factory on Oct. 25, 2024 in Ergolding, Germany.

Analysis

随着霍尔木兹海峡危机加速转变，海湾铝业寻求全球交易。

受美以伊战争的影响，海湾地区的铝出口商正寻求全球交易，这场战争已将铝价推至6月初的多年高位。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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贝森特表示，伊朗被冻结的资产将用于赔偿海湾地区的损失和霍尔木兹海峡的交通事故损失。

美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示，伊朗对海湾盟友造成的任何损失都将用从伊朗账户中提取的资金来赔偿。

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Explainer

随着伊朗战争持续，美国战略石油储备接近四十年来最低水平。

受伊朗战争引发的全球能源冲击影响，美国战略石油储备降至3.492亿桶。

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霍尔木兹海峡中断导致能源贸易改道，苏伊士运河交通量激增

4月份，该运河创造了4.19亿美元的收入，同比增长27%。