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Exclusive conversations with Al-Monitor.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, March 25, 2025.

哈克比证实美以在伊朗问题上立场一致，称哈马斯“迟早”会解除武装

A man and woman walk along a promenade overlooking the Burj al-Arab and Dubai skyline on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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在全球科技竞争加剧的背景下，人工智能和网络安全是中东地区的优先事项：Tech Mahindra

这家印度科技公司的中东负责人 Sahil Dhawan 认为，这三种力量正在重塑该地区的商业重点。

Arab-Israeli parliament member Ahmad Tibi poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at his office at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) building in Jerusalem on June 25, 2024. The 65-year-old leader of an Arab-majority party told AFP that after October 7, "hundreds of Arab citizens were hunted down, chased by the Israeli police for writing a post or a story empathising with the children of Gaza or saying no to the war." (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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被视为“敌人”：艾哈迈德·蒂比指责内塔尼亚胡政府对阿拉伯裔以色列人的生命漠不关心

阿拉伯裔以色列领导人艾哈迈德·蒂比在接受《中东观察报》采访时表示，以色列警方未能解决阿拉伯城镇暴力犯罪激增的问题，他将此归咎于现任政府缺乏意愿和偏见。

Ahmad Tibi

Ahmad Tibi

Knesset member and Ta'al Party leader

Siyamend Ali

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YPG发言人：叙利亚军队的战略是孤立库尔德城镇和城市

在接受 Al-Monitor 采访时，库尔德武装“人民保护部队”（YPG）发言人西雅门德·阿里表示，库尔德部队正在成功击退叙利亚军队的进攻，而大马士革则指责库尔德人发动了无端袭击。

Siyamend Ali

Siyamend Ali

YPG spokesman

An undated image of Wassim Chourbaji, Qualcomm's president for the Middle East & Africa.

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高通公司认为中东地区对边缘人工智能的需求正在增长。

高通公司中东和非洲区总裁 Wassim Chourbaji 告诉 Al-Monitor，中东的年轻人口越来越多地通过移动设备而不是基于数据中心的解决方案来采用人工智能。

Wassim Chourbaji

Wassim Chourbaji

Qualcomm president for the Middle East & Africa

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, speaks during the 69th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference on Sept. 15, 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

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格罗西：库尔德动乱导致核查工作延误，国际原子能机构寻求重返叙利亚

拉斐尔·格罗西在达沃斯接受《中东观察报》采访时表示，叙利亚政府与东北部库尔德政权之间的敌对行动减缓了国际原子能机构对该国核设施的监测。

Rafael Grossi

Rafael Grossi

IAEA Director General

Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef addresses the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, on Jan. 14, 2026.

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沙特阿拉伯在关键矿产资源竞赛中对美国和中国保持开放态度

华盛顿正在努力追赶北京，以期在关键矿产领域分得一杯羹，而这对于清洁能源、国防和电子等战略产业至关重要。

Bandar Alkhorayef

Bandar Alkhorayef

Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources

Retired Israeli General and Executive Director of Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Amos Yadlin attends a session at the Manama Dialogue security conference in the Bahraini capital, on Dec. 5, 2020.

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亚德林：如果没有美国“地面部队”的介入，以色列在伊朗实现政权更迭的目标遥遥无期

以色列前军事情报局局长告诉《中东观察报》，如果美国真的实施打击伊朗的威胁，以色列必须做好应对伊朗可能做出的反应的准备。

Amos Yadlin

Amos Yadlin

Former head of Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate

Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen gives a press conference in Larnaca on December 20, 2023 talking about a humanitarian aid corridor from the Mediterranean island to war-torn Gaza. (Photo by Elisa AMOURET / AFP) (Photo by ELISA AMOURET/AFP via Getty Images)

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科恩：加沙局势平静或将重启东地中海论坛和以色列-约旦项目

以色列能源部长科恩在接受《中东观察报》采访时估计，以色列和埃及之间的巨额天然气协议将巩固和平条约，并为加强安全合作、打击与穆斯林兄弟会有关联的团体和哈马斯铺平道路。

Eli Cohen

Eli Cohen

Israeli Energy Minister

An undated image of Foza Yusif.

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叙利亚库尔德高级官员福扎·优素福表示，与大马士革开战对所有人来说都是双输的局面。

叙利亚库尔德官员警告说，阿勒颇的战斗可能会加剧人道主义危机，并阻碍政治谈判。

Foza Yusuf

Foza Yusuf

Top Syrian Kurdish official

Lay Ren

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OPPO：年轻化和人工智能的广泛应用使中东和北非地区成为智能手机市场的领先地区

中国手机制造商的负责人任来（Lay Ren）表示，海湾地区是区域增长的中心，但他强调北非地区也蓄势待发，即将跟进。

Lay Ren

Lay Ren

President of OPPO MENA

Buildroid AI

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Buildroid AI表示，机器人可以解决阿联酋建筑业劳动力短缺问题。

这家美国初创公司宣布，它将在阿联酋推出首个砌砖机器人，以加快这个海湾国家的房地产和基础设施项目建设。

Anton Glance

Anton Glance

Co-founder of Buildroid AI

Cyprus' Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos speaks to media at a Ministerial Council meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on December 4, 2025 in Vienna, Austria. (GEORG HOCHMUTH/AFP via Getty Images)

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塞浦路斯考虑加入加沙部队，但外交部长表示，任务“尚不明确”。

塞浦路斯外交部长康斯坦丁诺斯·孔博斯也讨论了利用该国的海上援助走廊支持加沙重建的问题。

Constantinos Kombos

Cypriot Foreign Minister

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