美国正急于将部分驻中东外交官及其家属撤离，因为区域局势升级的威胁迫在眉睫，多名知情人士透露了这一消息。
The United States is rushing to move some diplomats and their family members from posts in the Middle East as the threat of regional escalation looms, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
这些撤离被形容为令人沮丧且混乱的“似曾相识”，因为许多撤离人员此前在伊朗战争最激烈时期被勒令撤离，直到最近才刚刚返回岗位。
The departures have been described as a frustrating and chaotic déjà vu, as many of those leaving had only recently returned to their posts after being ordered out during the height of the Iran war.
“说情况混乱简直是轻描淡写，”一名美国外交官表示，解释称迄今提供的经济支持不足以支付全家从该地区搬迁的费用。许多家庭此前曾在战争初期匆忙离开中东的住所，为孩子寻找新住房和学校。如今，他们不得不再次经历同样的过程，且据称国务院提供的经济支持可能更少。
“To say it has been chaotic is an understatement,” said one US diplomat, explaining that the financial support they have been offered to date does not cover the costs for moving their entire family from the region. Many of those families had scrambled then to leave their homes in the Middle East in the early weeks of the war and find new housing and schools for their kids. Now, many are having to do the same again, with what they say is potentially less financial support from the State Department.
“这呼应了家庭们今年早些时候经历的混乱。有些人刚安顿下来不久，就被告知要再次离开，”美国外交协会发言人妮基·盖默对CNN表示。“他们理所当然地感到沮丧、困惑和愤怒。”
“This echoes the chaos families experienced earlier this year. Some had barely settled back in before being told to leave again,” Nikki Gamer, the spokesperson for the American Foreign Service Association, told CNN. “They are understandably upset, confused, and angry.”
这些调整发生之际，伊朗支持的胡塞武装加大了对沙特阿拉伯的袭击——国务院曾多次警告，这些敌对行动“有可能迅速升级至当地以外的区域”。此外，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普暗示可能在中期选举后重启对伊朗的打击，而消息人士称，以色列一直在游说——目前尚未成功——要求采取更即时的行动。
The adjustments come as the Iranian-backed Houthis have increased their attacks on Saudi Arabia – hostilities which the State Department has repeatedly warned “have the potential to escalate rapidly beyond that immediate area.”They also come as US President Donald Trump has suggested he could relaunch strikes against Iran after the midterms, and as sources said Israel has lobbied – unsuccessfully for now – for more immediate action.
国务院本周下令沙特阿拉伯的非必要人员及所有家属撤离。官员表示，下令撤离是针对胡塞武装升级行动作出的反应。
The State Department this week ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel and all family members from Saudi Arabia. Officials said the ordered departure was done in response to the Houthi escalations.
与此同时，消息人士向CNN透露，美国国务院也在悄悄调整中东多个其他大使馆的人员配置，包括约旦、巴林、科威特、卡塔尔、阿拉伯联合酋长国和黎巴嫩。
At the same time, it has been quietly adjusting its staffing levels at multiple other embassies in the Middle East, including Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon, sources told CNN.
与沙特阿拉伯的有序撤离令不同，这些大使馆的人员变动并未公开宣布。国务院强调，这些大使馆不像沙特阿拉伯那样改变了地位，仍保持“受限行动”状态。即使没有正式的地位变更，在“受限行动”状态下仍可能出现人员配置的变化。
Unlike the Saudi Arabia ordered departure, the movements from these embassies have not been publicly announced. The State Department has stressed that those embassies, unlike Saudi Arabia, have not changed status and remain on “restricted operations” status. Even when there is no formal change in status, there can still be a change in staffing within the “restricted operations” status.
“有一种非常强烈的‘土拨鼠之日’既视感，”一名驻安曼的消息人士形容部分大使馆工作人员再次被要求离开约旦首都。
“There’s a very Groundhog Day vibe,” a source in Amman said of some embassy staff being asked to leave the Jordanian capital again.
并非所有大使馆都允许子女返回任所，但大多数允许配偶返回。如今，家庭成员正离开他们不久前才获准返回的那些大使馆——但消息人士称，与今年早些时候不同，家庭成员没有获得同等的经济支持。
Not all of the embassies allowed children to return to the posts, but most allowed spouses to come back. Now, the family members are leaving those embassies to which they have only recently been allowed to return – but unlike earlier this year, sources say family members are not being given the same financial support.
一名熟悉撤离情况的消息人士表示，国务院总部“福吉谷”与外交官之间的沟通协调“依然像伊朗战争初期那样一团糟”。
Communication and coordination around the departures from the department’s headquarters in Foggy Bottom to foreign service officers in the field is “just as much of a shit show” as early on in the Iran war, said one source familiar with the departures.
消息人士称，外交官们担心国务院是否会给他们的家庭发放搬迁至美国的“日津贴”，并指出一些大使馆在撤离前没有举行通常会有的规划会议或全员大会。
There are concerns among foreign service officers about whether the State Department will give their families “per diem” allowances for relocating to the US, the source said, noting that some embassies haven’t had the planning meetings or town halls with staff that are typical before departures.
“很多人是通过新闻得知此事，而不是通过任所领导，”该消息人士补充道。
“A lot of people are hearing about it through the news instead of their leadership at post,” the source added.
美国外交服务协会（AFSA）表示，他们收到了许多关于官僚机构之间推诿扯皮、效率低下的投诉。该协会在周四发布的声明中称：“那些刚刚返回工作岗位并重新为孩子办理入学手续的家庭，现在又被要求再次撤离，但却没有得到关于他们能获得何种经济支持的明确信息。”
The American Foreign Service Association, the union representing foreign service officers, said it is hearing accounts “of bureaucratic ping-pong.”“Families that had barely returned to their posts and re-enrolled their children in school are being told to prepare to evacuate again without being advised as to what level of financial support they can count on,” it said in a statement Thursday.
AFSA的发言人加默（Gamer）告诉CNN：“沙特阿拉伯境外的家庭向协会反映，他们被要求离开，但却没有得到任何关于住房援助或每日生活费用的保障。他们被告知，这是因为他们所在的大使馆仍处于‘限制运营’状态（即无法正常开展日常业务）。这些家庭通常依赖这些津贴来寻找住所，并支付因被迫离开国外家园而产生的额外费用，尤其是当他们的外交人员仍作为关键岗位工作人员留在大使馆时。”
Gamer, the spokesperson for AFSA, told CNN that “families outside Saudi Arabia have told AFSA they are being directed to leave without confirmed housing assistance or per diem.”They have been told this is because their embassies are not changing status from “restricted operations.”Families often rely on those allowances to help them find housing and cover the unexpected costs associated with being uprooted from their homes abroad, especially if their diplomatic family member is remaining at the embassy as an essential worker.
加默强调：“在这些家庭登机之前，他们有权知道自己将如何支付住宿费用。”
“Families deserve to know how they will pay for a place to live before they board a plane,” Gamer said.
