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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Turkish House in New York on Sept. 19, 2023.

Analysis

埃尔多安和内塔尼亚胡之间的口水战预示着双方在地区影响力争夺方面存在更深层次的竞争。

埃尔多安与内塔尼亚胡最近的冲突凸显了土耳其与以色列之间的紧张关系已经超越了巴勒斯坦问题，演变成一场更广泛的地区竞争，波及叙利亚、黎巴嫩、伊朗和东地中海地区。

Barin Kayaoglu

由 Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Kuwaiti Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft fly over during an airshow commemorating Kuwait's 64th Independence Day in Kuwait City on Feb. 25, 2025.

Analysis

伊朗战争如何重塑科威特的防空战略

在遭受多次导弹和无人机袭击后，科威特正在投资建设新的反无人机能力，同时重新评估冲突暴露出的脆弱性。

Francesco Schiavi

由 Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images

Feature

土耳其重返世界杯之路受政治因素影响，比赛将在清晨开球。

土耳其终于迎来了等待了 24 年的世界杯时刻，但该国大部分地区要么还在沉睡，要么还在争论如何才能赢得世界杯。

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Motorists ride past a giant banner depicting Iranian missiles and a sword belonging to Imam Ali, the first Imam of the Shiites, at the Vanak Square in Tehran on June 10, 2026.

Analysis

在各种相互矛盾的说法中，伊朗如何解读与美国的协议

在外界对美伊协议的细节和技术性问题猜测不断之际，华盛顿和德黑兰却描绘出截然不同的图景，暴露出公开信息与外交现实之间的差距。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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“试点区”为黎巴嫩清除以色列边境真主党势力提供了试金石。

Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon close to the Beaufort Castle as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee, in northern Israel on June 4, 2026.

美国高级官员称，伊朗核协议“非常接近”但尚未最终达成。

A man walks past Iran's national flag and a banner bearing the images of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R), the late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his son, the current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (L), erected along a street at the Vanak Square in Tehran on June 10, 2026.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

由 Elizabeth Hagedorn

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

美国对印度船员驾驶的油轮发动袭击，引发与新德里的紧张关系。

Punit PARANJPE / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

“彻底的灾难”：特朗普吹捧即将达成的伊朗协议之际，以色列急于寻求澄清。

US President Donald Trump talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Jerusalem, Oct. 13, 2025.

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

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伊朗寻求筹码之际，美国能否强制执行黎巴嫩和以色列之间的停火？

美国斡旋达成的停火计划已经出现裂痕。

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Explainer

土耳其警告希腊和塞浦路斯不要卷入军备竞赛：你需要了解什么

安卡拉对希腊的军事现代化、塞浦路斯转向西方武器以及希腊-塞浦路斯-以色列不断扩大的防务关系感到担忧。

First responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike that hit near a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on June 1, 2026.

以色列和黎巴嫩达成的新停火协议包含哪些内容？又缺少哪些内容？

真主党坚持继续抵抗以色列的袭击，加上以色列对黎巴嫩持续不断的空袭，可能会威胁到美国斡旋达成的最新停火协议的实施。

Smoke rises from an area of Kuwait's international airport after a reported drone strike on April 1, 2026.

Analysis

伊朗对科威特的袭击为何给美国海军的封锁带来两难境地

通过袭击科威特的主要机场，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队试图扭转局势升级的局面。此前，美国战机发射地狱火导弹，击沉了一艘被指控试图突破美国海军封锁的商用油轮。

Jared Szuba

由 Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

US President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug. 8, 2025.

Feature

在特朗普和土耳其的支持下，亚美尼亚总统帕希尼扬力争在关键性选举中赢得第三个任期。

在俄罗斯和西方争夺影响力之际，总理尼科尔·帕希尼扬似乎有望获得新的授权，以推进其与阿塞拜疆的和平议程以及与土耳其的和解。

Amberin Zaman

由 Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

A general view shows the reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran on Aug. 20, 2010.

报告称，战后伊朗的秘密核风险上升，因为国际原子能机构的准入受到限制。

据估计，伊朗拥有约 440.9 公斤（约 972 磅）纯度为 60% 的浓缩铀，略低于被认为是武器级的 90% 纯度。

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 03, 2026, in Washington. The hearing was held to examine the State Department's budget request for fiscal year 2027.

海湾战争后，鲁比奥“战争已经结束”的说法遭到质疑。

美国国务卿马可·卢比奥表示，美国最近对伊朗的打击是“完全防御性的”。

A photo of Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, speaking at the high-level ministerial session of Baku Energy Week in the Azerbaijani capital.

在霍尔木兹危机之际，埃及和土耳其在阿塞拜疆会谈中力促能源合作。

由于伊朗对霍尔木兹海峡的实际封锁扰乱了海湾地区的能源流动，埃及和土耳其正在加深能源合作，东地中海能源基础设施的重要性日益凸显。

Kuwaiti security officers stand beneath a screen displaying portraits of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (R) and the Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, alongside the words "Pride and Glory", at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City on June 1, 2026, as the airport resumes operations following a phased reopening plan.

科威特指责伊朗发动致命机场袭击，战争升级：你需要了解什么

在科威特主要机场遭到袭击之前，据称伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队曾试图渗透具有战略意义的布比延岛，并且伊朗支持的针对海湾君主国的阴谋也已展开。

A plume of smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Tyre, southern Lebanon, on June 1, 2026.

Analysis

伊朗为何将黎巴嫩视为其威慑依然有效的证据？

伊朗将以色列暂停对贝鲁特的袭击视为其影响力和筹码重新获得认可的证据，而这一事件也可能暴露出地区局势重新调整的不确定性。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) chats with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they arrive for a family photo after a working session of the European Council and regional partners as part of an informal meeting in Nicosia on April 24, 2026.

在沙拉领导下，埃及拒绝叙利亚大使入境，两国关系紧张。

穆罕默德·塔哈·艾哈迈德曾效力于由圣战组织“沙姆解放组织”领导的叙利亚救国政府，而埃及是该地区伊斯兰主义最强烈的反对者之一。

Dr. Stephen Miran, nominee for Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jeffrey Kessler, nominee for Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, William Pulte, nominee for Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Jonathan McKernan, nominee for Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection testify at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 27, 2025, at the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington.

比尔·普尔特是谁？这位被任命为情报总监的特朗普忠实拥护者是谁？

美国总统宣布，在图尔西·加巴德辞职后，他已选定美联储住房委员会主席领导国家情报机构，至少是暂时的。

Jared Szuba

由 Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military