萨那——一名胡塞武装官员于10月12日警告美国称，如果美国介入也门战争，将遭到“痛苦的回击”。据报道，沙特阿拉伯已请求华盛顿协助应对该组织持续不断的袭击。
SANAA - A Houthi official on Oct 12 warned the US it would receive a “painful response” if it entered the war in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia has reportedly requested Washington’s help in dealing with the group as it weathers repeated attacks.
也门的内战于7月再度爆发。在这场战争中，由沙特领导的军事联盟支持也门政府对抗伊朗支持的胡塞武装。而这场更广泛的地区冲突已持续数月，扰乱了能源市场，并将中东推入危机之中。
Yemen’s civil war – in which a Saudi-led military coalition supports the government against the Iran-backed Houthis – reignited in July, months into the wider regional conflict that has roiled energy markets and plunged the Middle East into crisis.
胡塞武装迅速开始袭击沙特的石油设施、油轮和运输枢纽，包括对利雅得机场发动的一系列致命袭击，严重冲击了全球最大的石油出口国。
The Houthis quickly began targeting Saudi oil facilities, tankers and transport hubs, including with a string of lethal strikes on Riyadh’s airport, rocking the world’s top oil exporter.
10月12日晚，首都再次响起爆炸声。沙特联军称其拦截了一枚胡塞武装的导弹，而胡塞武装则声称再次袭击了该机场。
Blasts resounded over the capital again on the night of Oct 12, with the Saudi coalition saying it had intercepted a Houthi missile and the group saying it had, again, targeted the airport.
在10月10日袭击该设施并造成13人死亡后，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他正在考虑加入沙特对该组织的打击行动。此前，据称他曾拒绝了沙特王国提出的援助请求。
Following an attack on Oct 10 at the facility that killed 13 people, US President Donald Trump said he was considering joining Saudi strikes against the group, after having reportedly rebuffed previous requests for help from the kingdom.
胡塞武装政治局成员穆罕默德·阿尔·布凯提在接受法新社采访时说：“如果美国介入对也门的侵略行动，我们不会犹豫做出回应，而是会迅速且痛苦地反击美国及其在该地区的所有利益。”
“If the US becomes involved in the aggression against Yemen, we will not deliberate over the decision to respond, rather, there will be a swift and painful response targeting the US and all its interests in the region,” Houthi political bureau member Mohammed Al Bukhaiti told AFP in an interview.
他还警告称：“所有在沙特石油设施和机场工作的人员都应远离这些地点，因为它们已成为合法目标。”
He also warned “all employees and workers at Saudi oil facilities and airports to stay away from these sites, as they have become legitimate targets”.
10月10日对哈利德国王国际机场的袭击是十余年来沙特境内最致命的袭击事件，也导致数百人受伤。
The Oct 10 strike on King Khalid International Airport was the deadliest attack on Saudi soil in more than a decade, and also left hundreds wounded.
特朗普称此次袭击“不可接受”，并表示他将与沙特王国的实际领导人、王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼通话，并告诉记者，美国“将考虑”加入沙特打击行动的可能性。10月12日，利雅得郊区的广阔机场仍处于停运状态。
Trump said the attack was “not acceptable” and that he would be speaking to the kingdom’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, telling reporters the US was “going to look at” the possibility of joining Saudi strikes. Operations remained suspended at the sprawling airport on Riyadh’s outskirts on Oct 12.
“严重”回应 布海蒂表示，针对沙特目标的行动旨在向王储传递一个信息——“他已无法再从安全位置对也门发动侵略”。
‘Serious’ response Bukhaiti said the purpose of the campaign against Saudi targets was to send a message to the crown prince “that he can no longer wage aggression against Yemen from a safe position”.
沙特能源大臣阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·本·萨勒曼王子于10月12日在利雅得参加的一次会议上表示，最近的事件“考验了我们的基础设施、我们的机构、我们的人民以及我们的韧性”。
Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told a conference in Riyadh on Oct 12 that the recent events had “tested our infrastructure, our institutions, our people, and our resilience”.
“最近几周的事件十分严重，我们的回应也必须同样严肃。”沙特当局发布的10月10日袭击事件的监控录像显示，身着宗教服饰的穆斯林朝圣者正在候机厅等待，突然后突然发生爆炸，冲击波贯穿建筑并导致燃烧的碎片坠落。
“The events of recent weeks are serious, our response must be equally serious.”CCTV footage of Oct 10’s attack released by Saudi authorities showed Muslim pilgrims in religious attire waiting in departure lounges before a sudden blast tore through the building and brought down flaming debris.
10月12日，利雅得的气氛仍然紧张，因为国家广播电台Al Ekhbariya表示，军事联盟正在应对无人机和导弹威胁。
The atmosphere in Riyadh remained tense on Oct 12, as state broadcaster Al Ekhbariya said the military coalition was responding to drone and missile threats.
傍晚时分，手机收到一声巨大的政府警报，警告存在“敌对空中威胁”，随后才宣布拦截行动。
In the evening, mobile phones received a loud government alert warning of a “hostile aerial threat” before the announcement of the interception.
这是利雅得在数周内首次启动手机警报系统，但官方未说明为何在最近几天针对首都的袭击期间未发送任何信息。
It was the first use of the phone alert system in Riyadh in weeks, with no official reason given for the lack of messaging during the attacks targeting the capital in recent days.
胡塞武装还表示，他们也曾用无人机袭击了该国南部的哈米斯穆舍特基地。
The Houthis said they had also targeted the Khamis Mushait base in the kingdom’s south with a drone.
航班停运 沙特美国大使馆表示，美国政府雇员在使用王国内任何机场前必须获得其授权，并敦促美国公民若选择这样做，“应采取极端谨慎”。
Flights suspended The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said US government employees must obtain its authorisation before using any airport in the kingdom, and urged US citizens to “take extreme caution” if they chose to do so.
该使馆还表示，“美国公民因拍摄最近事件的照片而在沙特被拘留。”
The mission also said “American citizens have been detained for taking photos of recent events” in Saudi Arabia.
阿联酋国家航空公司阿提哈德航空于10月12日宣布，将取消所有飞往和来自利雅得的航班，直至下周，同时也暂停飞往达曼和吉达的航班。
The UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways announced on Oct 12 that it was cancelling all flights to and from Riyadh until next week, and also suspended flights to Dammam and Jeddah.
巴林国家航空公司海湾航空也表示，将取消所有飞往利雅得的航班，直至10月17日。
Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air said it too was cancelling all Riyadh flights until Oct 17.
美国航空公司达美航空宣布，原定于10月23日开通的亚特兰大至利雅得直飞航线将延期启航。
US operator Delta announced it would delay the launch of direct flights from Atlanta to Riyadh, scheduled for Oct 23.
尽管沙特在军事装备上投入巨资，但胡塞武装对该国境内众多石油设施、军事基地及交通枢纽的袭击，仍令沙特的防御体系不堪重负。
Despite vast spending on military hardware, the Houthi attacks on oil, military and transport facilities across the large, mostly desert country are stretching Saudi defences.
渥太华大学的安全问题专家托马斯·朱诺指出，尽管取得了一些成效，“但沙特国土面积极为辽阔，要想始终确保自身安全根本不现实”。
Thomas Juneau, security analyst at Ottawa University, said that despite some success, “Saudi Arabia is so large that it’s simply impossible for them to consistently defend themselves”.
自2015年起，利雅得便牵头组建国际联盟，从军事层面支援也门政府，其中包括试图掌控也门领空以及被胡塞武装控制的首都萨那的机场。朱诺表示，如今胡塞武装“想要对沙特做沙特对他们做过的事”。
Riyadh leads an international coalition that has supported Yemen’s government militarily since 2015, including by seeking to exert control over Yemeni airspace and the airport in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa. Juneau said the Houthis now “want to do to Saudi Arabia what Saudi Arabia does to them”.
持续多年的也门内战已使这个贫困国家陷入极其严重的人道主义危机。
The long-running Yemeni civil war has created a deeply entrenched humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country.
联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·图尔克称，他对沙特屡遭袭击的情况“深感震惊”，同时呼吁冲突双方保持克制，并指出“战争持续只会带来更多苦难，且看不到尽头”。
UN rights chief Volker Turk said he was “appalled by the repeated attacks” on Saudi Arabia, but urged both sides to back down, adding “continued fighting will only unleash further misery with no end in sight”.