美国官员和安全分析人士表示，也门胡塞武装与索马里青年党之间不断扩大的联系，有破坏非洲之角及关键航运路线稳定的风险。
US officials and security analysts say expanding ties between Yemen's Houthi movement and Somalia's Al-Shabaab risk destabilizing the Horn of Africa and key shipping routes.
美国官员和安全分析人士对也门胡塞武装与索马里青年党日益加深的联系表示担忧，警告这种关系可能对整个非洲之角的稳定构成日益增长的威胁。
US officials and security analysts have raised concerns over deepening links between Yemen's Houthi movement and Somalia's Al-Shabaab, warning the relationship could pose a growing threat to stability across the Horn of Africa.
评估中引述的官员表示，这两个组织之间的联系也给亚丁湾和红海附近关键海上航线的航运交通带来风险，这些走廊早已因胡塞武装早前对商船的袭击而紧张不堪。
Officials cited in the assessment say the connections between the two groups also carry risks for shipping traffic along key maritime routes near the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, corridors already strained by earlier Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
作为一个被认定的恐怖组织，青年党已对索马里政府发动了长达十余年的叛乱。华盛顿此前曾支持索马里和非盟部队打击该组织，而与胡塞武装的任何关系强化都将为此战增添新的维度。
Al-Shabaab, a designated terrorist organization, has waged an insurgency against Somalia's government for more than a decade. Washington has previously supported Somali and African Union forces battling the group, and any strengthened ties to the Houthis would add a new dimension to that fight.