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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on June 25, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia.

Israel defense chief's Washington visit postponed

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ISRAEL - LEBANESE BORDER, UPPER GALILEE, - SEPTEMBER 30: Israeli tanks and APC's gather by the Israeli - Lebanese border on September 30, 2024. Amid Israel's escalating campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, speculation continues over a possible ground offensive. Last week, Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Israel's recent airstrikes were designed to "prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah." (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)

Israel launches ground invasion in south Lebanon

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Demonstrators hold pictures of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest vigil in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon

48 hours since the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

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Smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike targeted Hezbollah's headquarters on Friday afternoon

Israel says it struck Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets KRG leader Nechirvan Barzani in Ankara, on Oct. 16, 2024.

土耳其埃尔多安在伊拉克库尔德斯坦选举前会见库尔德地区政府主席巴尔扎尼

巴尔扎尼的来访正值土耳其试图通过外交手段和持续的军事措施解决长达四十年的库尔德冲突之际。

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伊朗外长阿拉格奇访问约旦、埃及、土耳其，反对以色列

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Iran's new foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, waits for the arrival of his Qatari counterpart before their meeting in Tehran on Aug. 26, 2024.

地区局势升级伊朗暂停与美国间接会谈

A correspondent in Tehran

A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar (R) speak to reporters outside the anthropological laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) in the United Nations buffer zone splitting the divided capital Nicosia on July 28, 2023.

随着危机使该地区陷入瘫痪，长期分裂的塞浦路斯领导人在纽约举行会议

Kristen Talman

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East

Turkish air force fighter jets perform a military parade over the Bosphorus as Camlica mosque is seen in the background to mark the 100th anniversary of Turkish Republic in Istanbul on Oct. 29,2023.

埃尔多安的 AKP 推迟征收信用卡费用以支持土耳其国防的法案

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

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突尼斯网球明星 Ons Jabeur 退出 2024 年网球巡回赛

突尼斯选手 Ons Jabeur 目前在女子网球协会排名第 22 位，由于肩伤的恢复，她将暂时退出网球运动直到 2025 年。

Bassem Youssef attends the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Cinema Cafe on January 31, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

埃及喜剧演员巴塞姆·优素福不再出现在 X 上：我们所知道的

Adam Lucente

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

Imane Khelif

中东运动员在巴黎奥运会上斩获 44 枚奖牌

Rosaleen Carroll

Adam Lucente

Rosaleen Carroll , Adam Lucente

This photograph shows Paris 2024 Olympics Games banner in front of the National Assembly, in Paris, on July 18, 2024.

从埃及到沙特：巴黎奥运会上的中东运动员

Adam Lucente

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

Researchers believe these ancient residential buildings may represent part of the lost city of Tu'am in the United Arab Emirates. The city is thought to have reached its zenith in the sixth century.

阿联酋可能出土古代失落之城：我们所知道的

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

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This combination of file photos created July 15, 2020, shows Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2020, and Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos in Washington, DC, Oct. 22, 2019.

阿联酋的 Sheikh Tahnoon 在美国与 Jeff Bezos、Elon Musk 讨论人工智能和技术

此前，阿联酋总统谢赫·穆罕默德·本·扎耶德本周早些时候会见了总统乔·拜登和副总统卡马拉·哈里斯。

United Arab Emirates

Uber 和中国文远知行将在阿联酋推出自动驾驶出租车

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

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阿联酋领导人访问白宫寻求在加沙和人工智能领域开展合作

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Analysis

以色列发现真主党的局限性，加倍利用技术优势发动攻击

Francesco Schiavi

Francesco Schiavi

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

An engineer holds a CPU chip against the background of a motherboard.

以色列 Tower Semiconductor 和阿达尼集团向印度微芯片项目投资 100 亿美元

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

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This picture shows Aramco tower in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh on April 16, 2023.

沙特化工项目取消后，沙特阿美在亚洲的首要任务是什么？

在能源转型的背景下，沙特石油巨头对亚洲石化市场表现出越来越大的兴趣。

A picture taken on February 8, 2015, shows the headquarters of Algeria's state-owned energy giant Sonatrach in the capital Algiers.

阿尔及利亚国家石油公司与欧洲合作伙伴签署两项绿色氢协议

Rosaleen Carroll

Rosaleen Carroll

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East

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

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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

Adam Lucente

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

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP via Getty Images

阿尔及利亚为何限制从法国进口小麦

Adam Lucente

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