10月8日——叙利亚周四呼吁国际海事组织及保加利亚当局对一起发生在黑海的货船沉没事件展开独立调查。该事件导致10名船员失踪，其中9人为叙利亚人。
Oct 8 - Syria called on the International Maritime Organization and Bulgarian authorities on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into the sinking of a cargo ship in the Black Sea, whose 10 crew members including 9 Syrians were missing.
叙利亚港口和海关总局国际关系主任马赞·阿卢什表示，调查应查明为何在确定失踪船员的生死之前，搜救行动就被中断了。
The investigation should look into why search and rescue operations stopped before the fate of the missing crew was determined, said Mazen Aloush, director for international relations of the Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs.
保加利亚方面周三宣布，由于一艘货船在距离其海岸约70海里（130公里）处遭到无人机袭击后沉没，该国已停止了对该船员的搜救工作。鲁门·尼科洛夫海军中将表示，目前尚未找到任何船员的踪迹，搜救行动也不会重新启动。
Bulgaria said on Wednesday it had halted its search for the crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast. Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov said no trace of the sailors had been found and that the rescue operation would not resume.
阿卢什称，这艘名为“Alfa Watan”的货船是在周二清晨在保加利亚的专属经济区内遭到袭击的。目前仍不清楚袭击者是谁。
The ship, the Alfa Watan, was attacked early on Tuesday in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, Aloush said. It remains unclear who carried out the attack.
阿卢什强调，叙利亚方面正在密切关注此事，并谴责这种针对民用商船的袭击行为，认为这严重违反了海上安全规定，直接威胁到了船员的生命以及国际航运路线。他敦促有关当局利用一切可用技术手段寻找并检查残骸，以查明事件真相；同时表示，在尚未穷尽所有可能途径查明船员下落之前，该案件不应被结案。
Aloush added the authority was closely monitoring the incident and condemned the targeting of a civilian commercial vessel, saying it represented a serious violation of maritime safety and a direct threat to sailors' lives, as well as international trade routes. He urged authorities to use all available technical means to locate and inspect the wreckage to help establish the cause of the incident, and said the case should not be closed before all available avenues had been exhausted to determine the crew's fate.
他还呼吁国际组织和海事机构加强措施，保护黑海地区的商船及船员安全，因为该地区的海上运输面临日益严重的威胁。
He also called on international organisations and maritime bodies to strengthen measures to protect commercial shipping and crews in the Black Sea amid growing risks to maritime transport in the region.
在俄罗斯与乌克兰的冲突期间，俄罗斯曾使用无人机和导弹袭击过黑海上的货船。
Russia has struck cargo ships in the Black Sea with drones and missiles during its war with Ukraine.
保加利亚总理鲁门·拉德夫周三表示，根据货物的性质及船只的航行路线，袭击者很可能是俄罗斯，但目前尚无确凿证据能够直接将责任归咎于俄罗斯。
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Wednesday that the nature of the cargo and the direction of travel of the ships could point to Russia, but said there was no evidence allowing Sofia to directly attribute responsibility.
俄罗斯驻索菲亚大使馆称，这艘商船并不在俄罗斯无人机的打击目标之列。
Russia's embassy in Sofia said the merchant vessel was not among targets hit by Russian drones.