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An Emirates Boing 777-300ER is pictured in front an air traffic control tower at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, on Jan. 30, 2023.

迪拜机场再次位居全球榜首，旅客吞吐量达9520万人次。

自 2014 年以来，迪拜国际机场 (DXB) 一直是世界上最繁忙的机场，并预计到 2026 年旅客吞吐量将接近 1 亿人次。

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Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (L) speaks with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed during the G7 Summit hosted by Italy, in Savelletri, on June 14, 2024.

Analysis

阿尔及利亚否决与阿联酋的航空协议，其外交因素远大于经济因素。

由于海湾国家在该地区的外交政策导致紧张局势加剧，阿尔及利亚已开始取消与阿联酋的航空服务协议。

由 Jack Dutton

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

03/04/2021 Asalouyeh, Iran. A view of refinery No. 2 (Phases 2, 3) of the? South Pars Gas-Condensate field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of the Persian? Gulf in Iran.The South Pars Gas-Condensate field, the world's largest natural gas field, is shared with Qatar (North Dome) (Photo by Saeid Arabzadeh / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by SAEID ARABZADEH/Middle East Images /AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

新的核协议并非解决伊朗未开发天然气储量的灵丹妙药

伊朗天然气储量估计达 32 万亿立方米，但由于国际制裁的重压，一直未能开发利用。

由 Jack Dutton

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

Iranians ride their motorbike past a huge banner of former Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of the sixth anniversary of his assassination, in Tehran, Dec. 31, 2025.

Analysis

即使伊朗经济每况愈下，为何伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队的影子帝国仍能延续下去？

专家表示，凭借秘密行动的能力，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队在伊朗最重要的领域拥有巨大的权力，这使得该组织免受当前经济动荡的影响。

Samuel Wendel

由 Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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Analysis

沙特支持的航空公司将测试叙利亚航空业的复苏情况

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

由 Jack Dutton

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

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。

Merz

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。

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

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

KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

埃及能否成功提高国际货币基金组织数百万美元的救助金额？

北非最大的经济体正在努力将其 30 亿美元的国际货币基金组织计划增加到 100 亿美元，因为该国正面临数十年来最严重的金融衰退。

Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar, talks to the press as he arrives for the second and last day of a European Union summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on Oct. 27, 2023.

爱尔兰寻求对欧盟与以色列贸易协议进行审查

自加沙战争爆发以来，爱尔兰与以色列的关系直线下滑，因为该国存在强烈的亲巴勒斯坦和反以色列情绪。

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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

GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/AFP via Getty Images

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。