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This picture shows a Syrian Arab Airlines Airbus A320-200 aircraft and the control tower at Damascus international airport as the new Syrian authorities prepare to reopen it, on December 16, 2024. Damascus's airspace reopened on December 12, the airport director told AFP, after a closure since December 8, when president Bashar al-Assad's government fell. Syrian Airlines aircraft maintenance director said takeoffs and landing would be decided by the transport ministry, adding that the carrier hoped to "expan

Analysis

沙特支持的航空公司将测试叙利亚航空业的复苏情况

这家新航空公司注定会面临租赁、融资和市场方面的障碍。

由 Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

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德国寻求美国和中国以外的能源替代方案，梅尔茨积极拉拢海湾国家。

由于跨大西洋防务承诺、华盛顿对格陵兰岛的追求以及关税问题，柏林与美国的关系日益紧张，柏林正寻求利用与海湾能源巨头的关系来巩固自身地位。

Platform Edith, the largest of Chevron's USA's offshore production platforms, is seen off the southern California coast, on Oct. 6, 2021.

叙利亚将与美国雪佛龙公司和卡塔尔联合碳化物公司合作开发首个海上油气田。

2013 年，俄罗斯公司 Soyuzneftegaz 签署了一项在叙利亚水域勘探石油和天然气的协议，但该项目两年后因内战而中止。

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伊朗在霍尔木兹附近发出的警告与红海航运复苏发生冲突

周二，武装船只试图在霍尔木兹海峡附近拦截一艘船只，就在同一天，主要集装箱航运公司也宣布恢复通过苏伊士运河的有限通行。

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科威特将向外国公司开放近海油气田：你需要了解什么

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美印贸易协议将如何影响中东能源和贸易路线

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Feb. 13, 2025.

受伊朗局势缓和预期提振，海湾市场在黄金价格暴跌后反弹。

A woman checks a window shop at a jewelry store in Dubai, on March 10, 2025.

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美伊紧张局势加剧了人们对石油供应中断的担忧，海湾国家面临报复风险。

A general view of Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing plant on Sept. 20, 2019.

Yemeni employees walk at the Aden oil refinery company in Yemen's port city of Aden on Sept. 29, 2015.

Analysis

也门石油重镇易手，经济困境助推南方过渡委员会的推进

通过控制也门石油资源丰富的地区，南方过渡委员会已做好准备，改变全国的权力平衡，并加强其在南方建立独立国家的努力。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office at the White House on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has signaled that the U.S. might lift a ban on F-35 sales to Turkey during Erdogan's first visit to the White House since 2019. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

土耳其和美国力争实现1000亿美元的贸易目标，博拉特前往华盛顿

据美国贸易代表称，到2024年，美国和土耳其之间的双边贸易额将达到近430亿美元。

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk at the Kremlin following their talks in Moscow on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

尽管受到乌克兰战争制裁，阿联酋和俄罗斯仍举办了首个联合商业论坛。

预计到2025年，两国之间的贸易额将超过100亿美元。

United Arab Emirates

Multiple exposure photograph of the Netflix and Warner Bros logos in front of a television screen at Kerlouan in Brittany in France, on Dec. 5 2025.

中东资金支持派拉蒙以1080亿美元收购华纳兄弟的计划

Netflix 似乎在与派拉蒙和康卡斯特长达数周的竞购战中胜出，以 720 亿美元的股权交易收购了华纳兄弟探索频道旗下的电视、电影工作室和流媒体资产，但周一 1080 亿美元的报价改变了局势。

An employee works at the Rmailan oil field in the northeastern Syria, near the border with Turkey, on Jan. 8, 2025.

沙特阿拉伯通过四项新的油气协议，进一步扩大在叙利亚的影响力

成立仅一年的叙利亚政府希望重振该国的能源部门，部分措施包括与国际公司签署协议和吸引外国直接投资。

People walk on the platform of the Haramain High Speed Rail Network at the airport station in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, on Dec. 12, 2019.

沙特阿拉伯和卡塔尔签署高速铁路协议，推进海湾一体化进程。

沙特阿拉伯正寻求提升其铁路基础设施，长期以来致力于通过铁路连接海湾国家的计划终于取得了进展。

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随着全球需求激增，卡塔尔和阿联酋加快了液化天然气计划。

阿联酋和卡塔尔能源部长们有着共同的愿景，即大幅扩大液化天然气出口，以满足日益增长的全球需求。

United Arab Emirates

An aerial view shows the destruction across Yarmouk camp, Damascus, Syria, on November 8, 2025. Established in 1957, Yarmouk was once the largest Palestinian refugee community in Syria, but years of conflict left much of it in ruins. (Photo by Omar Albaw / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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叙利亚的新秩序面临着老问题：制裁、重建和动荡。

尽管艾哈迈德·沙拉总统已从潜在的外国投资者那里获得了重大承诺，但未来面临的经济和政治挑战依然十分严峻。

由 Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

This picture taken on December 11, 2019, shows an oil tanker at the port of Ras al-Khair, about 185 kilometres north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

随着耗资1000亿美元的贾夫拉天然气发电厂投入运营，沙特阿拉伯推进其天然气开发雄心。

财政部报告称，贾富拉巨型天然气田已开始投产，日产能为 4.5 亿立方英尺。

An aerial view shows the destruction across Yarmouk camp, Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 8, 2025.

约旦在叙利亚重建中扮演着怎样的角色？

作为叙利亚的南部邻国，约旦已经将自己定位为叙利亚重建的物流中心和外交斡旋者。

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沙特公共投资基金（PIF）瞄准日本270亿美元投资组合，力图吸引亚洲投资。

沙特阿拉伯正在加强与亚洲国家的经济联系，以实现其经济转型目标。

由 Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Spots of gold-rich ore speckle a stone pictured during a press tour at the Al-Amar Gold Mine, in the Riyadh region on May 28, 2008.

Analysis

美国与海湾国家加强关键矿产资源联系，旨在削弱中国对该行业的控制。

沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋正在成为美国不可或缺的合作伙伴，帮助美国将以中国为主导的战略部门和供应链“友好转移”回国。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech