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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Analysis

埃塞俄比亚新建的水坝如何考验埃及捍卫尼罗河红线的能力

埃塞俄比亚水利部长强调，该国计划继续推进青尼罗河新大坝的建设，而埃及则将面临潜在的后果。

Eli Siegel-Bernstein

由 Eli Siegel-Bernstein

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrive for a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Feb. 4, 2025.

Analysis

尽管红线不断增加，土耳其为何仍欢迎以叙会谈

土耳其支持美国斡旋的以叙谈判，但认为在以色列大选之前达成持久妥协的可能性不大。

Barin Kayaoglu

由 Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Analysis

阿联酋与中国深化空中演习，第四次“猎鹰之盾”联合演习拉开帷幕

阿联酋和中国正在准备进行四年来的第四次联合空军演习，两国军事关系已稳步从武器销售发展到日益频繁的作战训练。

Francesco Schiavi

由 Francesco Schiavi

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

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

Analysis

伊朗能否将战后脆弱性转化为区域安全联盟？

经过一场战争，伊朗的军事威慑既展现了其影响力，也暴露了其局限性。如今，伊朗领导层正在寻求战场之外的安全保障。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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Analysis

以色列在黎巴嫩的困境：既要对抗真主党，又不能激怒特朗普，以免引发伊朗的报复。

Ammar Ammar / AFP via Getty Images

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

加沙和平计划陷入僵局，以色列和哈马斯按兵不动。

A boy walks carrying a table on his back past salvage workers scrapping the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza City on Aug. 16, 2026. — Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP via Getty Images

卡塔尔首相会见佩泽什基安和雷扎伊，多哈寻求美国和伊朗之间的调解。

Abbas Araghchi and Sheikh Mohammed al-Thani

最新民调显示，内塔尼亚胡支持率落后于艾森科特，以色列右翼阵营实力削弱。

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

如果没有退出策略，以色列将面临气焰嚣张的真主党，在伊朗问题上的选择也将十分有限。

尽管唐纳德·特朗普总统仍未决定是否再次打击伊朗，但以色列军队却在黎巴嫩泥潭中越陷越深，真主党也得到了加强。

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

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。

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

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？

特朗普总统加倍投入对伊朗的经济战，他押注海上封锁和制裁可以迫使伊朗达成核协议，从而结束战争。

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.

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

伊斯兰之声运动与欧洲多起针对犹太目标的袭击以及一家反政权的伊朗新闻媒体有关。

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

特朗普与内塔尼亚胡、普京通话，伊朗施压行动升级

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普分别与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京通了电话，讨论了伊朗局势以及延长停火的可能性。

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

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

土耳其能源部长表示，该国石油和天然气管道运营商BOTAS已开始管道的工程建设工作。

In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 3, 2026 in the Mediterranean Sea.

五角大楼：迄今为止，伊朗战争已使美国损失约250亿美元。

一位高级预算官员告诉众议院议员，在五角大楼全面评估战争成本之前，不会向国会提交补充拨款申请。

Displaced Palestinian people look at paintings at an open-air art exhibition at the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on April 28, 2026. The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, by the war that began with Hamas's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. With displaced families living in tented camps, with serious concerns raised about their living conditions. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP via Getty Images) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDI

Analysis

阿巴斯在加沙的胜利为何仍具有“象征意义”，而非对哈马斯的否定？

尽管由于战争和哈马斯被排除在外等复杂因素，选举结果受到影响，但巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯的盟友在市政选举中表现相对较好。

Adam Lucente

由 Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

The Ateela 2 oil tanker boat navigates the sea on April 28, 2026, on Qeshm Island, Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz.

Analysis

伊朗经济能承受特朗普的海上封锁多久？

伊朗当局谴责美国扣押该国油轮的行为是海盗行为，但海上贸易日益严重的混乱暴露了德黑兰声称的控制力和韧性背后经济的脆弱性。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics