袭击沙特机场致2死 美国命令部分外交人员撤离数周来，伊朗支持的胡塞武装一直在袭击该国的航空和能源领域。
Strike on Saudi Airport Kills 2 as U.S. Tells Some Diplomats to Leave For weeks, the Iran-backed Houthis have been attacking the kingdom’s aviation and energy sectors.
沙特当局周四上午发表声明称，周三晚间，沙特阿拉伯一座主要机场遭袭击，造成至少两人死亡，随后华盛顿下令部分美国外交人员撤离该国，此前数周来，伊朗支持的胡塞武装发动了多次致命袭击。
At least two people were killed in a strike on a major airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, as Washington ordered some U.S. diplomatic staff to leave the kingdom following weeks of deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.
声明称，一名沙特公民和一名印度籍居民在达曼法赫德国王国际机场遇袭中丧生，另有八人受伤。达曼位于沙特阿拉伯东部省，是国家石油巨头沙特阿美的所在地。声明补充称，机场周四正常运营。
The Saudi authorities said in a statement on Thursday morning that a Saudi national and an Indian resident died in the strike on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, a city in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province that is home to the state oil giant Saudi Aramco. Eight other people were wounded, the statement said, adding that airport was operating normally on Thursday.
在另一起事件中，沙特能源部表示，周三一架无人机在东部省阿美石油公司谢巴油田上空被拦截，坠落的无人机残骸引燃一辆承包商车辆，造成两人死亡、两人受伤，死者为一名菲律宾人和一名尼泊尔人。
In a separate incident, two people were killed and two others were wounded on Wednesday when a drone was intercepted over Aramco’s Shaybah oil field, also in the Eastern Province. Falling drone fragments sparked a fire in a contractor’s vehicle, killing a Filipino and a Nepali, the Saudi Energy Ministry said.
沙特当局未说明他们认为是谁发动了针对机场的袭击或拦截了油田上空的无人机。目前暂无组织宣称负责。
The Saudi authorities did not say who they believed had launched the strike on the airport or the drone intercepted over the oil field. There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
数周来，胡塞武装一直在猛烈轰炸沙特阿拉伯的航空和能源基础设施，造成至少22名平民死亡，并扰乱能源市场。
The Houthis have been pummeling Saudi Arabia’s aviation and energy infrastructure for weeks, killing at least 22 civilians and roiling energy markets.
周四油价跳涨约3%，全球基准油价升至每桶112美元以上，为5月中旬以来最高水平。
The price of oil jumped about 3 percent on Thursday, with the global benchmark topping $112 a barrel, the highest level since mid-May.
本月早些时候，沙特阿拉伯宣布对胡塞武装发动轰炸行动，以支持国际公认的也门政府，后者自2014年以来一直与胡塞武装交战。那一年，来自也门北部的反叛组织胡塞武装夺取了也门首都萨那——他们至今仍控制着该城市。
Saudi Arabia announced a bombing campaign against the Houthis this month in support of the internationally recognized government of Yemen, which has been at war with the Houthis since 2014. That was when the Houthis, a rebel group from the country’s north, seized the Yemeni capital, Sanaa — which they still hold.
也门脆弱的停火协议在今年早些时候破裂，联合国表示，自8月以来，该国已重陷内战，导致约26万人流离失所。
A fragile truce in Yemen unraveled earlier this year, and the country has since tipped back into a civil war that the United Nations says has displaced some 260,000 people since August.
随着战火蔓延至沙特领土，美国国务院发言人汤米·皮戈特周三晚间在社交媒体发文称，鉴于胡塞武装的袭击、平民伤亡不断上升以及交通中断，美国已下令所有“非紧急政府雇员及其家属”撤离沙特阿拉伯。
As the fighting has spilled onto Saudi soil, the United States ordered all “non-emergency government employees and their family members” to leave Saudi Arabia, a State Department spokesman, Tommy Pigott, said in social media post on Wednesday night that cited the Houthis’ attacks, mounting civilian casualties and travel disruptions.
今年早些时候，随着美以与伊朗的战争爆发，伊朗是胡塞武装的主要靠山，华盛顿已将许多外交人员从中东撤离。但美国于8月下旬开始派遣部分人员返回。
Washington had pulled many diplomatic staff out of the Middle East earlier this year after the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the Houthis’ main patron. But it started sending some back in late August.
随后在9月，胡塞武装发动闪电攻势，夺取了也门红海沿岸的战略要地，从而加强了对全球贸易关键咽喉要道的控制。近几周，得到沙特战机支持的也门政府武力展开反攻，试图夺回失地。
Then in September, the Houthis seized areas of strategic territory on Yemen’s Red Sea coast in a lightning offensive, gaining greater control over a crucial choke point for global trade. In recent weeks, forces affiliated with the Yemeni government and backed by Saudi warplanes have mounted a counteroffensive to retake the territory.
自美国和以色列于2月下旬袭击伊朗后，伊朗关闭了波斯湾的关键水道霍尔木兹海峡，红海成为沙特石油出口日益重要的航线。胡塞武装对沙特石油设施和穿越红海的油轮发动袭击，给能源市场带来了进一步压力。
The Red Sea has become an increasingly important route for Saudi oil exports since Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway in the Persian Gulf, after the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February. The Houthis’ attacks on Saudi oil facilities and tankers traversing the Red Sea have heaped further pressure on energy markets.
尽管风险犹存，仍有船只继续穿越霍尔木兹海峡。与此同时，地区调解人一直在尝试谈判结束美伊战争并重新开放该水道。
Some ships continue to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, despite the risks. In the meantime, regional mediators have been trying to negotiate an end to the U.S. war with Iran and a reopening of the waterway.
据美国官员和其他知情人士透露，美以军方已制定计划，拟在美国下个月的中期选举后重启对伊朗的打击。
The U.S. and Israeli militaries have developed plans for renewed strikes against Iran after next month’s American midterm elections, according to U.S. officials and other people briefed on the deliberations.
特朗普总统周三表示，华盛顿目前并未与伊朗谈判，“总会有个结果”将“很快”发生。近几周，伊朗对霍尔木兹海峡商船的袭击有所升级。伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队周四表示，已击中北部波斯湾的四艘油轮，称这些油轮非法转运石油。它还说，西部霍尔木兹海峡还有三艘船只触雷。这些袭击暂时无法独立核实。
President Trump said on Wednesday that Washington was not currently negotiating with Iran and “something one way or the other” will happen “fairly soon.”Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have ramped up in recent weeks. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Thursday that it had struck four tankers in the northern Persian Gulf that it claimed had been illegally transferring oil. It also said that three more vessels had hit mines in the western Strait of Hormuz. Those attacks could not immediately be independently confirmed. Shuaib Almosawa contributed reporting from Sanaa, Yemen, Saeed Al-Batati from al-Mukalla, Yemen and Sanam Mahoozi from London.