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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

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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。

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.

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

沙特阿拉伯向新投资者开放诺姆平行市场：你需要了解什么

A man monitors the board at the Stock Exchange Market (Tadawul) bourse in Riyadh, Dec. 12, 2019.

随着大马士革恢复过境通道，约旦与叙利亚的贸易额激增338%。

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阿联酋在G20峰会上承诺向非洲人工智能领域投资10亿美元，展现其全球人工智能雄心。

His Excellency President CyrilRamaphosa welcomes G20 Heads of State and Government to the G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by South Africa at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Gauteng, on Nov. 22, 2025.

United Arab Emirates

An employee works on a steel wheel production line at a factory in Qingzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province on Sept. 27, 2024.

贸易紧张局势加剧，土耳其对中国、印度、俄罗斯、日本征收钢铁关税

此前，中国已就土耳其对进口电动汽车征收的关税向世界贸易组织提出诉讼。

A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drone is on view during a presentation at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, on July 6, 2022.

阿尔巴尼亚总理称将从土耳其接收“大量”无人机

土耳其今年早些时候承诺向埃及派遣无人机，而马尔代夫最近推出了两架 Bayraktar TB2 飞机。

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP via Getty Images

阿尔及利亚为何限制从法国进口小麦

近几个月来，由于法国的殖民遗产和西撒哈拉地位争端，法国与阿尔及利亚关系愈发紧张。

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阿布扎比主权基金以 1.7 万亿美元位居全球首位

近年来，海湾主权基金的资产大幅增加，很大程度上得益于阿联酋和沙特阿拉伯。

United Arab Emirates

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拉斯维加斯博彩运营商永利度假村将在阿联酋开设第一家赌场

阿联酋希望在北部酋长国拉斯海玛建造一座大型赌场，以吸引博彩游客。

United Arab Emirates

This picture shows closed shops in an alley of Jerusalem's Old City, on Sept. 11, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Palestinian militants.

Analysis

10 月 7 日事件发生一年后，以色列经济受到无休止的多线战争的重创

据以色列财政部称，哈马斯武装组织对以色列南部发动致命袭击以及随后爆发的加沙战争一年后，以色列经济遭受的直接损失已超过 1000 亿谢克尔（263 亿美元）。

由 Jack Dutton

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

An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on Aug. 18, 2019.

担心以色列袭击，伊朗油轮逃离原油装运地点

美国总统乔·拜登周四被问及是否支持以色列攻击伊朗石油基础设施，他在即兴讲话中表示，他的政府正在“讨论”此事。

A Middle East Airlines commercial aircraft taking off from Beirut's international airport flies amid smoke billowing above the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs, in the aftermath of overnight Israeli airstrikes, on Sept. 28,2024.

伊朗导弹袭击以色列后，中东航空公司调整或取消航班

周二晚些时候，伊朗向以色列发射了 180 多枚弹道导弹，称其是为了报复上周五暗杀黎巴嫩真主党首领哈桑纳斯鲁拉。

A man walks near the new headquarters of Egypt's Central Bank at the New Administrative Capital megaproject about 45 kilometres east of the current capital Cairo on Aug. 1, 2023.

Analysis

埃及与沙特签署 50 亿美元公共投资基金协议前景不明朗

在 2024 年初阿联酋出台大规模金融救助计划后，埃及开始依赖沙特的巨额投资，但这些投资近年来一直未能实现。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Iranian miners look on at the scene of a blast at a coal mine in Tabas in Iran's Khorasan province on September 22, 2024. The blast caused by a gas leak at the coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 50 people, state media said on September 22, in one of Iran's deadliest work accidents in years. (Photo by Mohsen NOFERESTY / IRNA / AFP) (Photo by MOHSEN NOFERESTY/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

伊朗煤矿惨剧凸显腐败猖獗、工人困境

专家、活动家和普通伊朗民众的反应主要集中在多年来腐败和管理不善的不断增长，公司和监督机构越来越忽视那些为“面包”而挖矿的工人的安全。

A correspondent in Tehran

由 A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

土耳其埃尔多安呼吁美国终止对 S-400 协议制裁

近年来，由于东地中海、加沙和叙利亚问题上的政治分歧以及土耳其购买俄罗斯 S-400 防御系统，这两个北约盟国之间的关系恶化。

Saudi energy minister

沙特阿拉伯计划如何吸引外国投资者启动核计划

沙特阿拉伯正在考虑启动一项雄心勃勃的核项目，并挖掘其丰富的铀矿资源。