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Iraq's prime minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi, at Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's office on April 28, 2026.

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

唐纳德·特朗普总统曾公开批评此前被认为与伊朗关系密切的候选人努里·马利基，但现在却对伊拉克主要什叶派联盟提出的新候选人表示欢迎。

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.

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。

随着霍尔木兹海峡对峙加剧，特朗普必须在军事升级、有限的外交协议或继续对伊朗施压之间做出选择。

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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。

这是最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊上任以来的第三次讲话，其中包括一项将美国势力从海湾地区清除出去的承诺。

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.

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

在土耳其日益担忧其在东地中海地区面临战略包围之际，法国可能向希腊族控制的塞浦路斯地区部署兵力。

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美国封锁考验着伊朗的底线，但全球的痛苦能否迫使特朗普采取行动？

QESHM ISLAND, IRAN - APRIL 28: Boats navigate the sea on April 28, 2026 on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's latest proposal for ending its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz calls on the United States to end its naval blockade of Iran's ports, and sets aside questions about what to do with Iran's nuclear program. The United States has not formally responded to the latest proposal, which was delivered by Iran's foreign minister to Pakistan two days ago. (Photo by Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

与伊朗有关联的组织声称对伦敦犹太区发生的持刀袭击事件负责：你需要了解哪些信息

Local residents look on from outside a cordoned off area in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London on April 29, 2026, following the stabbing to two people nearby.

特朗普与内塔尼亚胡、普京通话，伊朗施压行动升级

President Donald Trump gives a speech during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn on April 28, 2026, in Washington.

随着东地中海竞争加剧，土耳其推进通往北塞浦路斯的天然气管道计划

This aerial photograph shows Turkey's first floating natural gas production platform, "Osman Gazi," passing through the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, on May 29, 2025.

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Analysis

随着叛军向南推进，叙利亚阿萨德面临多大的困境？

叙利亚反政府武装已攻占阿勒颇、哈马，并向南推进至霍姆斯省，距大马士革市越来越近，对阿萨德政权构成紧急威胁。

由 Rosaleen Carroll

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East

Iranian Defense Ministry

伊朗进行创纪录的太空发射，载荷量史上最大

伊朗的太空计划此前一直引起美国及其盟友的担忧，他们声称伊朗的太空计划与其弹道导弹计划的发展齐头并进。

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor after their meeting at the Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul on Oct. 19, 2024.

土耳其权衡在叙利亚的下一步行动，埃尔多安称目标是大马士革

叙利亚叛军的快速推进已使土耳其、伊朗和俄罗斯之间的谈判转向叙利亚政府能否生存下去。

Fighters deploy in Atareb, in the western areas of Syria's northern Aleppo province, amid clashes between the Syrian army and fighters of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham along with allied factions, Nov. 28, 2024.

叙利亚叛军推进，阿萨德失势，约旦关闭边境：你需要知道什么

伊斯兰分子领导的叛军对政府控制的阿勒颇发动了突然袭击，在占领哈马之后，目前已到达霍姆斯城门口，而德拉地区的冲突威胁到政府在南部的存在。

Syrian anti-government fighters celebrate as they pour into the captured city of Hama, Dec. 6, 2024.

Analysis

以色列欢呼伊朗轴心解体，考虑阿萨德叙利亚政权垮台

尽管以色列领导人对伊朗主导的“抵抗轴心”的崩溃感到高兴，但他们对这一崩溃的速度以及叙利亚可能解体感到担忧。

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

This combination of file photographs created on July 7, 2024, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Ankara on May 29, 2023, and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 16, 2023.

土耳其埃尔多安加强言论，称阿萨德必须“紧急与”叛军接触

在叛乱分子占领哈马后，埃尔多安敦促叙利亚政府紧急与叛乱分子展开对话，以结束内战。

An anti-government fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires against regime forces, in the northern outskirts of Syria's west-central city of Hama on Dec. 4, 2024.

Analysis

叛军进攻迫使叙利亚纳入特朗普议程

距当选总统唐纳德·特朗普上任仅剩一个多月的时间，叙利亚被遗忘的战争再次爆发。

Elizabeth Hagedorn

由 Elizabeth Hagedorn

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

Senior Iranian and Chinese officials held talks in Tehran on expanding bilateral ties in various areas, particularly in the economic field.

中国派代表团访问伊朗，为应对特朗普的伙伴关系做准备

伊朗于周二和周三接待了中国代表团，此举旨在巩固 2021 年战略伙伴关系协议，但两国伙伴关系能否经受住唐纳德·特朗普即将到来的总统任期的影响？

Displaced Syrian Kurds drive a vehicle loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway.

叙利亚军队与叛军交战，战略要地哈马的冲突愈演愈烈

叛军占领阿勒颇后向中部城市哈马进发，政府军也向该地区派出了增援部队。

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美国空袭袭击叙利亚代尔祖尔的亲阿萨德部队：你需要了解的情况

美国军方正利用叙利亚政府军从阿勒颇匆忙撤退的机会，加强在叙利亚另一侧、靠近伊拉克边境的幼发拉底河谷主要石油储备地附近的防御。

Smoke billows the the Syrian town of Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, on Dec. 3, 2024.

在叛军进攻期间被派往叙利亚的伊朗圣城军军官有哪些？

该小组由前圣城军叙利亚分支指挥官领导，伊朗媒体称他在 2016 年阿勒颇的反恐行动中发挥了主导作用。

A militant poses for a picture after anti-government fighters seized Syrian army military equipment and vehicles that were abandoned on the highway to Damascus, as they reach the town of Suran north of Syria's Hama city on Dec. 3, 2024.

土耳其埃尔多安敦促阿萨德与叛军接触，菲丹准备与伊朗、俄罗斯进行会谈

土耳其总统与俄罗斯总统普京和伊拉克总理就叙利亚问题进行了通话，土耳其最高外交官预计将与俄罗斯和伊朗外长举行三方会谈。