也门主要城市遭胡塞武装围困，食物和水即将耗尽伊朗支持的胡塞武装切断了通往塔伊兹的道路，围困了也门最大的城市之一，官员们警告称一场人道主义灾难即将来临。
Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It The Iranian-backed Houthi militia has cut road access to Taiz, besieging one of Yemen’s largest cities, where officials warn of an impending humanitarian disaster.
也门和外国官员警告称，随着胡塞武装围困也门最大城市之一的塔伊兹，可能将发生灾难，当地居民的食品、水和燃料供应日益减少。
Yemeni and foreign officials are warning of potential catastrophe as the Houthi militia besieges Taiz, one of Yemen’s largest cities, leaving its residents with dwindling supplies of food, water and fuel.
围困已进入第三周，伊朗支持的胡塞武装控制着也门北部大部分地区，正与沙特阿拉伯支持的也门政府之间的战争不断升级。塔伊兹郊区激战正酣，该市目前已被胡塞武装包围。
The siege is entering its third week amid an escalating war between the Iranian-backed Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, and the Yemeni government, which is supported by Saudi Arabia. Fierce battles are raging on the outskirts of Taiz, which is now surrounded by the militia.
居民和官员在接受电话采访时表示，各家各户的食物和清洁饮用水即将耗尽，医院的燃料和医疗用品储备也几乎耗尽。
In phone interviews, residents and officials said that households were running out of food and clean drinking water, and that hospitals had nearly depleted their stocks of fuel and medical supplies.
“情况确实是灾难性的，”塔伊兹居民阿尔汉·阿尔-沙伊巴尼说，她家共有七口人。她说，由于无法获得清洁饮用水，她的家人不得不煮沸咸的自来水来喝，而她患有糖尿病的母亲和祖母在该市的药店里买不到药。
“The situation is truly catastrophic,” said Alhan Al-Shaibani, a resident of Taiz who lives in a household of seven. Her family, she said, has resorted to boiling salty tap water because it no longer has access to clean drinking water, and her mother and grandmother, who have diabetes, cannot find their medication in the city’s pharmacies.
“最让我害怕的是食品供应短缺，”她说，并补充道，“人们该怎么活下去？”蔬菜几乎找不到，由于没有燃气，家庭只能烧柴火、煤炭或纸板箱来加热饭菜。
“What frightens me most is the lack of food supplies,” she said, adding, “How are people supposed to survive?”Vegetables are nearly impossible to find, and without gas, families are heating their meals by burning firewood, coal or cardboard boxes.
“谁家碰巧有蔬菜，就会被视为幸运儿，就像他们是皇室成员一样，”阿尔-沙伊巴尼说。
“Anyone who happens to have vegetables at home is considered fortunate, as if they were royalty,” Ms. Al-Shaibani said.
胡塞武装指责其对手——与国际公认政府结盟的部队——应对塔伊兹不断恶化的局势负责，称正是他们封锁了进入该市的道路，并呼吁他们投降。
The Houthis have accused their adversaries — troops allied with the internationally recognized government — of responsibility for the worsening situation in Taiz, saying that they were the ones blocking roads into the city, and called upon them to surrender.
被问及人道主义局势时，该省胡塞武装控制区的省长艾哈迈德·阿明表示，该民兵组织已准备好“开放任何有助于缓解平民苦难的安全道路”，并正在努力协调食品物资的运送。
Asked about the humanitarian situation, Ahmad Ameen, the governor of Houthi-controlled areas of the province, said that the militia was ready “to open any safe roads that would help alleviate civilian suffering" and was trying to coordinate the delivery of food supplies.
塔伊兹是也门西南部山区的文化和知识中心。它是一个人口稠密的城市地区，有数十万人口，可能还要多得多。
Taiz is a cultural and intellectual hub in the mountains of southwestern Yemen. It is a dense urban area with a population of hundreds of thousands, possibly significantly more.
上周，联合国世界粮食计划署警告称，局势日益严峻，称通往该市的人道主义通道因道路被封锁和新一轮战斗而受到严重限制。
Last week, the United Nations World Food Program warned of the increasingly dire situation, saying that humanitarian access to the city had been severely restricted by blocked roads and renewed fighting.
该计划署驻也门国家主任埃尔-希迪尔·达卢姆在一份声明中说：“如果不能安全运送援助物资并送达最需要的人手中，这种局势可能迅速演变成人道主义灾难。”
“This is the kind of situation that can rapidly spiral into a humanitarian catastrophe if assistance cannot move safely and reach those who need it most,” El-Khidir Daloum, the program’s country director in Yemen, said in a statement.
2014年胡塞武装夺取也门首都萨那后不久，该民兵组织便席卷了也门西北部大部分地区，并开始封锁塔伊兹。与政府结盟的武装人员多年来一直抵挡住胡塞武装，使该市赢得了抵抗堡垒的声誉。当时塔伊兹虽处于围困之中，居民和企业仍能与全国其他地区保持少量往来。
Soon after the Houthis seized the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in 2014, the militia swept across much of Yemen’s northwest and began to blockade Taiz. Fighters allied with the government held off the Houthis for years, earning the city a reputation as a stronghold of resistance. While Taiz was under siege back then, residents and businesses were still able to maintain a modicum of access to the rest of the country.
2022年，一项停火协议带来了脆弱的和平。但今年战火重燃，正值美国-以色列与伊朗交战、胡塞武装与沙特阿拉伯之间紧张局势加剧之际。
In 2022, a truce brought fragile peace. But fighting reignited this year, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and rising tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia.
联合国周一表示，自8月以来，也门已有超过25万人流离失所。上个月，胡塞武装控制了该国红海沿岸，随后又转而包围塔伊兹。在沙特战机支援下，政府军发动反攻，但进展有限。
More than 250,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since August, the United Nations said on Monday. Last month, the Houthis seized control of the country’s Red Sea coast, then moved to encircle Taiz. A counteroffensive by government forces, backed by Saudi warplanes, has made limited headway.
10月第一周，胡塞武装占领了连接塔伊兹与也门南部海岸的最后一条道路。
During the first week of October, the Houthis took over the last road connecting Taiz to Yemen’s southern coast.
当地非营利组织公民倡导与支持中心的顾问沙耶夫·贾布里说，危机就是从那时开始显现的。他说，酸奶等基本商品开始从市场上消失，人们开始囤积汽油和烹饪用气。他还说，现在垃圾在街上堆积，许多运送清洁水的卡车被战斗困住。
The crisis began to emerge then, said Shayef al-Jabri, a consultant with the Civic Center for Advocacy and Support, a local nonprofit. Basic goods like yogurt started to disappear from markets, and people began hoarding gasoline and cooking gas, he said. Now, garbage is piling up in the streets, and many trucks that transport clean water are trapped by fighting, he added.
一些家庭正试图逃离，但出城的路途十分危险。居民和官员说，目前的情况比上一次围困期间还要糟糕。
Some families are trying to escape, but routes out of the city are perilous. The situation is even worse than during the previous siege, residents and officials said.
该市主要医院阿尔萨乌拉医院的质量与感染控制主任穆罕默德·法基赫说，用于运行发电机的燃料储备几乎耗尽，治疗肾病等危及生命疾病的药物也几乎用尽。
Mohammed al-Faqih, director of quality and infection control at al-Thawra, the city’s main hospital, said stocks of fuel to run its generators were nearly gone, as were medications for life-threatening conditions such as kidney disease.
“如果围困不解除，预计该市将发生卫生灾难，许多慢性病患者和癌症患者将死亡，”他说。
“If the siege is not lifted, expect a health catastrophe in the city and the deaths of many people with chronic illnesses and cancer patients,” he said.
也门政府军军官阿卜杜勒·巴西特·巴赫尔上校说，在该市郊区，胡塞武装的猛烈炮击下激烈战斗仍在继续。
On the city’s outskirts, fierce fighting continues under heavy Houthi bombardment, said Col. Abdul Basit al-Baher, an officer in the Yemeni government’s military.
“你会感到四面受困，”他说。“武器没有补给。一旦我们目前的储备耗尽，我们将没有更多资源。”然而，巴赫尔上校驳斥了胡塞武装要求投降的呼吁。
“You feel trapped from all sides,” he said. “There is no resupply of weaponry. Once our current stocks are depleted, we will have no further resources.”Yet Colonel al-Baher dismissed the Houthi calls to concede defeat.
“抵抗而死比投降而死更好、更光荣，”他说。“在民兵统治下的生活，本身就是一种死亡。”舒艾卜·阿尔莫萨瓦从也门萨那供稿。
“To die while resisting is better and more honorable than to die while surrendering,” he said. “Life under the rule of the militia is, in itself, a form of death.”Shuaib Almosawa contributed reporting from Sanaa, Yemen.
薇薇安·内雷姆是《纽约时报》首席记者，报道阿拉伯半岛各国。她常驻沙特阿拉伯利雅得。
Vivian Nereim is the lead reporter for The Times covering the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. She is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.