
。胡塞武装是伊朗支持的也门民兵组织,本月已对该机场发动数次致命袭击,并威胁再次发动袭击。
Saudi Arabia Reopens Riyadh Airport After Weeks of Houthi Attacks The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni militia, launched several deadly attacks on the airport this month and have threatened to strike it again. The authorities in Saudi Arabia reopened an international airport in the capital on Sunday after a spate of deadly attacks, even as the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen vowed to keep striking the facility.
沙特阿拉伯当局周日重新开放了首都的一座国际机场,此前该机场遭到一连串致命袭击,而伊朗支持的也门胡塞武装誓言将继续袭击该设施。
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital, said on Saturday night that flights would resume on Sunday.
位于首都的利雅得哈立德国王国际机场周六晚间表示,航班将于周日恢复。机场在一份声明中建议旅客“在前往机场前确认其预订和航班状态”。该机场自10月10日起对公众关闭,当时胡塞武装发射的一枚巡航导弹击中客运航站楼,造成至少13人死亡、300多人受伤。这个总部位于也门北部的民兵组织本月已对该机场发动至少三次其他致命袭击——这是其对利雅得近乎每日袭击的一部分。
In a statement, it advised travelers to “verify the status of their bookings and flights before heading to the airport.”The airport had been closed to the public since Oct. 10, when a cruise missile launched by the Houthis struck a passenger terminal, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 300. The militia, based in northern Yemen, has launched at least three other deadly strikes on the airport this month — part of its near-daily attacks on Riyadh. On Sunday morning, residents of the capital received an emergency alert warning of an incoming “aerial threat” and some reported hearing several loud booms.
周日上午,首都居民收到紧急警报,警告有“空中威胁”来袭,一些人报告称听到几声巨响。沙特当局不久后表示,他们拦截了胡塞武装向利雅得发射的一枚弹道导弹。
The Saudi authorities said soon after that they had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh. A Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, had renewed a warning to airlines and travelers after the airport issued its statement about reopening, saying to avoid using the airport “because it is a military target.”
在机场发布重新开放声明后,胡塞武装军方发言人叶海亚·萨雷再次向航空公司和旅客发出警告,称避免使用该机场,“因为它是一个军事目标”。他还说,沙特政府将为重新开放该机场“承担后果责任”。
The Saudi government, he said, would “bear responsibility for the consequences” of reopening it. The Saudi authorities did not immediately respond to questions about how they had assessed it was safe to reopen the airport, or if they had put in place additional air defenses.
沙特当局没有立即回应有关其如何评估重新开放机场是否安全、以及是否已部署额外防空系统的问题。
After four years of relative peace, the Houthis and the Saudis resumed attacking each other earlier this month amid the broader U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the Houthis’ primary backer.
在经历四年的相对和平之后,胡塞武装和沙特于本月早些时候再次相互攻击,时值美国与以色列同伊朗——胡塞武装的主要支持者——的战争进一步扩大之际。
The Houthis describe their attacks as retaliation for deadly Saudi airstrikes in Yemen, including many that have killed and injured civilians.
胡塞武装称其袭击是对沙特在也门发动的致命空袭的报复,其中包括许多造成平民伤亡的空袭。
On Saturday, Mr. Saree claimed in a statement that the militia had carried out an operation against the airport, among other attacks around the country, without specifying when.
周六,萨里在一份声明中宣称,该民兵组织对机场实施了一次行动,并发动了全国其他地区的袭击,但未说明具体时间。
The Saudi authorities have not said whether the airport was targeted this weekend.
沙特当局未说明本周末机场是否遭到袭击。在也门与胡塞武装作战的沙特领导的军事联盟表示,周五、周六和周日拦截了飞往利雅得的导弹和无人机。
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen, which is fighting the Houthis, said it had intercepted missiles and drones heading toward Riyadh on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was not immediately clear how many flights were departing from or landing in Riyadh airport on Sunday, or whether airlines other than Saudi state-owned carriers would opt to resume flights.
目前尚不清楚周日有多少航班从利雅得机场起降,也不清楚除沙特国有航空公司外,其他航空公司是否会选择恢复航班。
Flightradar24, a flight tracking website, showed that a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane flying from Jeddah had landed in Riyadh on Sunday afternoon.
航班追踪网站 Flightradar24 显示,一架沙特阿拉伯航空从吉达飞往利雅得的航班于周日下午降落利雅得。该网站还显示,数十个往返利雅得的航班已被取消。
It also showed that dozens of flights to and from Riyadh had been canceled. In recent weeks, fighting has reignited inside Yemen between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia.
近几周,胡塞武装与获沙特支持的国际公认政府在也门境内的战斗再度升级。
A Saudi-led bombing campaign launched against the Houthis a decade ago aimed to rout the militia and restore the government.
十年前,沙特领导的轰炸行动针对胡塞武装,旨在击溃该民兵并恢复政府统治。该行动持续多年,引发了世界上最严重的人道主义危机之一,导致数十万也门人因暴力、饥饿和疾病死亡。
It lasted for years and precipitated one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Yemen from violence, hunger and disease. A truce in 2022 brought a fragile peace to the country and left the Houthis in control of northern Yemen.
2022 年的停火给该国带来了脆弱的和平,并使胡塞武装控制了也门北部。
Tensions began to rise again after the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February, sparking a regional war.
今年 2 月,美国和以色列袭击伊朗,引发地区战争,局势随即再度紧张。7 月,胡塞武装指责沙特袭击也门首都萨那的国际机场,以阻止一架伊朗飞机降落。
In July, the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of striking the international airport in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in order to prevent an Iranian plane from landing. The militia declared a blockade on Saudi oil exports in the Red Sea, and both sides began to launch a series of escalating attacks.
该民兵组织宣布在红海封锁沙特石油出口,双方随即开始发动一系列不断升级的袭击。本月初全面战争重燃后,该民兵将攻击重点转向沙特机场,威胁将其变为“军事行动剧场”。此举直击沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼雄心的核心——他誓要将这个封闭、依赖石油的王国改造为全球商业和旅游枢纽。
After a full-blown war reignited earlier this month, the militia turned its focus to Saudi airports, threatening to turn them into a “theater of military operations.”In doing so, they have hit at the heart of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitions to transform the kingdom from an insular, oil-dependent nation into a global hub for business and tourism. The prince, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, recently launched a new international airline with its hub in Riyadh.
这位沙特阿拉伯的实际统治者近期推出了一家以利雅得为枢纽的新国际航空公司。他主办的年度投资峰会通常吸引来自世界各地的亿万富翁、高管和官员齐聚利雅得,原定于周一开始。然而,该峰会在最后一刻被推迟至2027年。
His annual investment summit typically draws billionaires, executives and officials from around the world to Riyadh and was set to begin on Monday. However, it was postponed at the last minute until 2027. The United States ordered all “non-emergency government employees and their family members” to leave Saudi Arabia, a State Department spokesman, Tommy Pigott, said on social media last week.
美国国务院发言人汤米·皮戈特上周在社交媒体上表示,美国已下令所有“非紧急政府雇员及其家属”离开沙特阿拉伯。
Despite the Houthi threats, Saudi officials have sought to maintain a sense of normalcy.
尽管面临胡塞武装的威胁,沙特官员仍试图维持常态感。在发生两起致命袭击后,当局仍保持利雅得机场开放,仅在10月10日发生大规模伤亡事件后才将其关闭。
The authorities kept Riyadh airport open after two deadly attacks, closing it only after the mass casualty event on Oct. 10. In the face of the attacks, Saudi Arabia has been seeking support from allies.
面对袭击,沙特阿拉伯一直在寻求盟友支持。上周,英国表示将派遣战斗机,协助保卫沙特城市和关键基础设施免受胡塞武装袭击。舒艾卜·阿尔莫萨瓦在也门萨那参与了报道。
Last week, Britain said that it would send fighter jets to help defend Saudi cities and critical infrastructure from the Houthis. Shuaib Almosawa contributed reporting from Sanaa, Yemen. Vivian Nereim is the lead reporter for The Times covering the countries of the Arabian Peninsula.
薇薇安·内雷姆是《纽约时报》负责报道阿拉伯半岛国家的首席记者,常驻沙特阿拉伯利雅得。
She is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.