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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。

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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。

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叙利亚的新秩序面临着老问题：制裁、重建和动荡。

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)

由 Jack Dutton

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

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。

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)

约旦在叙利亚重建中扮演着怎样的角色？

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

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沙特阿拉伯的足球消费热潮放缓

随着沙特职业联赛上座率下降以及顶级球星想要离开沙特的传言四起，沙特阿拉伯在大牌外国球员身上的巨额支出已大大放缓。

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

随着贸易繁荣，印度政府批准阿联酋投资协议

阿联酋和印度有着密切且不断增长的经济联系，阿布扎比正在寻求在这个南亚国家进行更多投资。

A picture taken on Nov. 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

伊朗在国际原子能机构警告下开始建造另外 4 座核电站

西方官员长期以来一直怀疑德黑兰试图生产核武器，但伊朗否认了这一点。

Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie holds a press conference about the grounding of the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given cargo ship in the waterway, Suez, March 27, 2021.

Analysis

红海动荡埃及苏伊士运河贸易量大幅下降

截至 1 月 29 日的 2024 年数据显示，通过这一关键瓶颈的贸易量为 1.4055 亿吨，而去年同期为 1.4525 亿吨。

由 Jack Dutton

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

A Starbucks store stands in Manhattan on January 30, 2024 in New York City. The global coffee chain officially introduced its extra virgin olive oil-infused drinks on Tuesday. Named Oleato, the drinks debuted in Italy in February 2023 and arrive in stores on the same day Starbucks will report fourth-quarter earnings. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

星巴克感受到加沙抵制热潮，下调销售预测，因为 BDS 瞄准了雪佛龙

星巴克和雪佛龙因被认为支持以色列-哈马斯战争双方而受到抵制。

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为什么沙特阿拉伯命令阿美公司暂停提高石油产量的计划

此举可能只是一种削减成本的策略，也可能是由于全球最大的原油生产国对未来石油需求的新的、不太乐观的前景所推动。

Tourists ride in a horse-drawn carriage near the art installation "Temple" by French artist Stephan Breuer and the Pyramid of Menkaure or Menkheres (front) and the Pyramd of Khafre or Chephren (behind) during the third edition of the "Forever is Now" art exhibition by Art d'Egypte at the Giza pyramids necropolis on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by

Analysis

埃及旅游业的繁荣缓解了外汇危机和加沙战争的影响

2023 年，埃及的旅游收入和游客数量创下历史新高，但不太可能足以解决开罗的财政问题。

由 Jack Dutton

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

Photo illustration of a selection of front pages from UK daily national newspaper coverage, London, Jan. 18, 2024.

Analysis

阿联酋支持的基金计划收购《电讯报》引发新闻自由担忧

议会议员和前国家安全人员对一个与外国政府关系密切的实体拥有英国最有影响力的报纸之一意味着什么表示担忧。

由 Jack Dutton

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

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塞西和普京最新的核电站协议对埃及和俄罗斯意味着什么？

随着俄罗斯希望在该地区获得更大的核立足点，埃及希望核能将有助于满足其巨大的电力需求。

Lebanese bartender Hadi Ghassan prepares a drink behind the counter at "Meraki Riyadh", a pop-up bar offering non-alcoholic bellinis and spritzes, served in chilled cocktail glasses, in Riyadh on January 23, 2024. The bar's success highlights widening acceptance of more daring non-alcoholic fare even as booze itself remains strictly off-limits in the Gulf kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

沙特有史以来第一家酒类商店对新海湾文化有何评价？

不含酒精的“无酒精鸡尾酒”在该地区也越来越受欢迎。

A ship transits the Suez Canal toward the Red Sea on Jan. 10, 2024, in Ismailia, Egypt.

世界经济论坛称，在全球需求疲软的情况下，红海贸易受到的打击可以得到“控制”

世界经济论坛中东和北非地区主任马罗恩·凯鲁兹告诉《中东观察报》，以色列与哈马斯的冲突迄今为止尚未对全球能源市场产生实质性影响。