利雅得，10月14日 - 前往沙特阿拉伯参观伊斯兰教圣地的朝圣者可能没有料到会卷入一场空中战争，但有些人亲身经历了也门胡塞武装的袭击，另一些人则被迫改变了计划。
RIYADH, Oct 14 - Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia to visit Islam's holiest sites may not have anticipated being caught up in an air war, but some experienced an attack by Yemen's Houthis first hand and others have been forced to change their plans.
周六，胡塞武装导弹击中利雅得机场出发航站楼，造成13人死亡、300人受伤的巨大爆炸画面显示，许多乘客身着穆斯林前往麦加朝拜时穿的简朴白色衣物。
Footage of the massive blast that killed 13 people and wounded 300 in a Riyadh airport departure terminal struck by a Houthi missile on Saturday showed many passengers attired in the simple white clothes of Muslim pilgrims travelling to Mecca.
沙特媒体报道，一名带领数十名朝圣者的孟加拉国伊玛目在此次袭击中被杀，其他人员受伤。
Saudi media reported that a Bangladeshi imam leading a group of dozens of pilgrims was killed and others wounded in the attack.
尽管胡塞武装承诺不对麦加或麦地那发动袭击——这两处是伊斯兰教最神圣的圣地，每年吸引数百万朝圣者——但他们正将其他沙特机场作为目标，称这是对沙特对他们发动袭击的报复。
While the Houthis have promised not to attack either Mecca or Medina, the two holiest places in Islam that attract millions of pilgrims each year, they are targeting other Saudi airports in what they call retaliation for Saudi attacks on them.
“我为我的家人和自己感到深深的担忧，”约旦人法迪·安瓦尔说，他居住在麦加，当时正坐在麦加主清真寺的庭院里，身着朝圣者长袍。“我们不断收到警告（来自当局的手机警报），这让我们备感焦虑。”沙特官员表示，王国是安全的，游客的安全是首要考虑，这一安抚表态是在西方政府警告不要使用沙特大多数机场之际作出的。
"I feel deeply worried for my family and myself," said Fadi Anwar, a Jordanian living in Mecca sitting in the courtyard of the main mosque in Mecca who was wearing the pilgrim's robes. "We constantly receive warnings (phone alerts from the authorities) and it causes us great anxiety." Saudi officials have said the kingdom is safe and that the security of visitors is valued above all else, an offer of reassurance even as Western governments have warned against using most Saudi airports.
朝圣者全年访问麦加尽管大多数国际朝圣者直接飞往麦地那或吉达机场，但许多其他朝圣者则经由沙特阿拉伯的其他主要航空枢纽出行，其中包括已经居住在王国境内的许多朝圣者。
PILGRIMS VISIT MECCA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Although most international pilgrims fly directly into Medina or Jeddah airports, many others travel via Saudi Arabia's other main air hubs, including the many pilgrims who already live in the kingdom.
苏丹人阿尔·阿敏·哈桑·穆罕默德原本是在前往麦加朝拜之前，前往沙特探望居住在那里的家人成员，他说自己在周六的袭击中身处利雅得，爆炸迫使他和邻居们走上街头。“我们又累又担心。我们走出房屋，互相交谈，”他说。
Al Amin Hassan Mohammed from Sudan, who was visiting Saudi-based family members before a pilgrimage to Mecca, said he had been in Riyadh during Saturday's attack, which sent him and neighbours onto the street. "We were tired and worried. We went out of the houses and we talked with each other," he said.
穆罕默德在沙特阿拉伯东部省达曼市有一个已婚女儿，该市靠近达赫兰，胡塞武装周二曾袭击沙特阿美公司在那里的建筑。穆罕默德之前曾去麦加朝圣过。
Mohammed, who has a married daughter in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province city of Dammam, close to Dhahran where the Houthis targeted a Saudi Aramco building on Tuesday, has made the pilgrimage to Mecca before.
就像安瓦尔和其他目前正在访问圣城的人一样，麦加朝觐是所有身体健康的穆斯林一生中必须完成的义务，但他现在正在进行一次称为副朝的小朝觐，这种朝觐可以在一年中的任何时候进行。
Like Anwar and others visiting the holy city now, outside of the annual hajj that is a requirement for all able-bodied Muslims in their lifetime, he is making a lesser pilgrimage known as umrah that can take place at any time of year.
周二，麦加巨大主清真寺广阔的庭院里，身着白色长袍的朝圣者们围绕着黑色的克尔白石方块绕行，形成了一片旋转的人流。克尔白是全世界穆斯林祈祷时所面对的方向。
The vast courtyard of the enormous main mosque in Mecca was a swirl of pilgrims in their white robes on Tuesday, as they circled the black cube of the Kaaba, the point towards which all Muslims face to pray.
麦加每年都会吸引数百万人前来，无论是朝觐季还是副朝季，既有沙特国内的也有海外的信徒。由于此次袭击，一些人感到不安。
Mecca draws millions of people each year, both during hajj and for umrah, from both inside Saudi Arabia and overseas, and the attacks have made some nervous.
“愿上帝让这场灾难远离我们和所有穆斯林，无论是在沙特阿拉伯还是其他地方，”安瓦尔说。旅行中断影响企业、使馆和旅游业沙特阿拉伯与伊朗支持的胡塞武装之间的冲突，源于也门内战的重新点燃，而这又是美伊冲突的外溢影响，导致沙特阿拉伯被迫取消许多航班。
"May God keep this away from us and from all Muslims, both in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere," Anwar said. TRAVEL DISRUPTION HITS BUSINESSES, EMBASSIES AND TOURISM The strikes between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-allied Houthis, resulting from the reignition of Yemen's civil war as a spillover from the US-Iran conflict, have caused Saudi Arabia to ground many flights.
利雅得的学校本周已改为线上教学，一些办公室也要求员工居家办公。
Schools in Riyadh have been switched to online learning this week and some offices have told staff to work from home.
此次中断对试图出行的人群影响尤为严重，这部分人包括朝圣者、参加沙特阿拉伯众多高规格会议的商界人士、希望外出度假的沙特游客以及想要返回祖国的外国居民。
The disruption has been particularly acute for those trying to travel, a group that includes pilgrims, business figures attending Saudi Arabia's many high-profile conferences, Saudi tourists wishing to go on holiday and foreign residents wanting to fly home.
“我们有些行程被推迟了。我们有朋友本来计划旅行；行程被推迟，他们最终没能出行，”穆罕默德说。他表示，他的朋友原本计划经由利雅得转机，但最终选择从吉达乘船返回苏丹。
"We've had some trips postponed. We had friends who were travelling; it was delayed, they didn't travel," said Mohammed. His friends had been planning to fly via Riyadh but in the end they took a boat back to Sudan from Jeddah, he said.
许多原本计划从利雅得出发的人正在重新评估他们的选择，一些人选择前往巴林，车程约四小时；一些人选择前往卡塔尔，车程约七小时；还有些人选择前往迪拜，车程约十小时。
Many people who had planned to fly from Riyadh are reviewing their options, with some making the four-hour trip to Bahrain, the seven-hour drive to Qatar or the 10-hour drive to Dubai.
路透社周三采访的一位高管正忙着为外籍员工安排交通，将他们经陆路送往卡塔尔多哈，以便转机。
A senior executive Reuters spoke to on Wednesday was busy arranging transport for foreign employees, sending them by road to Doha in Qatar for onward flights.
利雅得的一位外交官表示，过去几天，几家大使馆也利用多哈往返沙特阿拉伯，包括临时带家人离开的员工。
A diplomat in Riyadh said several embassies had also used Doha for trips to and from Saudi Arabia over recent days, including for staff temporarily leaving with their families.
一家负责组织前往多哈和迪拜交通的公司代表表示，前往这些目的地的车票价格已经翻倍。
The representative of a company organising transport to Doha and Dubai said fares to those destinations had doubled.
愿意付费并不意味着一定能出行——在美国与伊朗战争初期，伊朗的炮火导致海湾地区众多航班被迫停飞，而随着美国总统特朗普威胁恢复袭击，直接冲突可能再次爆发。
Being prepared to pay is no guarantee of travel - in the early phases of the US-Iran war, Iranian fire grounded many flights around the Gulf and that direct conflict may erupt again with US President Donald Trump threatening to resume strikes.