对于穆罕默德·阿卜杜勒·马利克而言，过去一个月里也门南部城市亚丁遭受的多次强烈爆炸，是未来将出现更黑暗日子的不祥预兆。
For Mohammed Abdul Malik, the powerful explosions that have hit Yemen’s southern city of Aden repeatedly over the past month are an ominous warning of darker days ahead.
也门胡塞武装宣称对亚丁多个地点发动了袭击，包括国际机场、军营、该市港口以及总统府——后者是也门政府的大本营。
Yemen’s Houthis have claimed attacks against several locations in Aden, including the international airport, military camps, the city’s port, and the presidential palace– which serves as a base for Yemen’s government.
担心这座城市可能再次陷入大规模暴力，阿卜杜勒·马利克已开始采取预防措施。他囤积了食物，并准备好汽车，以便在需要离开时进行长途旅行。
Fearing that the city could once again descend into widespread violence, Abdul Malik has begun taking precautions. He has stockpiled food and prepared his car for a long journey if he needs to leave.
“我讲讲我和我亲密朋友的情况：我们已经开始购买并囤积基本物资，比如糖和其他主食，”阿卜杜勒·马利克告诉半岛电视台。
“I’ll tell you about myself and my close friends: We’ve started buying and stockpiling basic provisions, like sugar and other staples,” Abdul Malik told Al Jazeera.
如果安全局势进一步恶化、国家机构崩溃，他的“B计划”是带着家人逃离亚丁，前往东北方向的舍卜瓦省或东部的哈德拉毛特省避难。
If the security situation deteriorates further and state institutions collapse, his Plan B is to flee Aden with his family and seek refuge in Shabwa, to the northeast, or Hadramout, to the east.
“我们已经规划好撤离城市的路线。我已经准备好汽车，进行了检查，并预留了应急燃油。我随时准备收拾家人出发，”他说。
“We’ve mapped out an exit route from the city. I’ve prepared my car, checked it over, and set aside an emergency supply of fuel. I’m ready to pack up my family and head out at a moment’s notice,” he said.
日常生活受阻 在相对平静了四年之后，也门战争近几个月重燃战火，特别是自9月初以来，胡塞武装发动大规模攻势，旨在从沙特支持的亲政府武装“国家抵抗力量”手中夺取该国西部的政府控制区。
Daily life disrupted After four years of relative calm, Yemen’s war has reignited in recent months, particularly since early September, when the Houthis launched a major offensive to seize government-held areas in the west of the country from the Saudi-backed, pro-government National Resistance Forces (NRF).
在一周内，这个伊朗支持的武装组织——也被称为“安萨鲁拉”，阿拉伯语意为“真主的支持者”——攻占了荷台达省和泰兹省的多个地区，包括国家抵抗力量的据点摩卡港口城市，以及战略要地曼德海峡。
Within a week, the Iran-backed armed group – also known as Ansar Allah, Arabic for Supporters of God – had seized districts in Hodeidah and Taiz provinces, including the port city of Mocha a stronghold of the NRF, and the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait.
政府于10月初发动的反攻在红海沿岸取得了有限进展，但与此同时，胡塞武装在攻占一条连接泰兹与亚丁的关键道路后，收紧了对也门第三大城市泰兹的围困。
A government counteroffensive launched in early October has made limited gains along the Red Sea coast, but at the same time the Houthis have tightened their siege of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, after capturing a vital road linking it to Aden.
尽管也门其他地区战事激烈，亚丁一直相对平静，并成为成千上万因冲突流离失所者的避难所。
Aden had remained relatively peaceful despite the fierce fighting elsewhere, and had become a refuge for thousands of people displaced by the conflict.
本月胡塞武装发动的一波导弹和无人机袭击打破了这种平静，并引发人们担忧胡塞武装可能意在攻占亚丁。
The wave of Houthi missile and drone attacks this month has shattered that calm, and has raised fears that the Houthis may be seeking to capture Aden.
从逃离泰兹的朋友口中得知，当地因战斗和围困导致物价飞涨、补给中断，这加深了他对本城市可能遭遇命运的担忧。
Accounts from friends who fled Taiz, where fighting and the siege have driven up prices and disrupted supplies, have deepened his concerns about what could happen to his city.
“泰兹的物价已经翻倍，亚丁完全可能出现同样的情况。如果亚丁港遭到袭击，物价将暴涨，”他说。
“Prices in Taiz have already doubled, and the same could easily happen in Aden. If the [Aden] port were to be struck, prices would skyrocket,” he said.
“在工作中，我和同事们讨论该买什么、该储备什么食物、我们的应急预案是什么，以及万一不得不离开该去哪里，”他补充道。
“At work, my colleagues and I talk about what we should buy, what food we ought to store, what our contingency plan is, and where we would go if we had to leave,” he added.
阿卜杜勒·马利克描述了胡塞武装袭击如何扰乱亚丁的日常生活，一些家庭限制了外出——尤其是夜间。
Abdul Malik described how the Houthi attacks have disrupted daily life in Aden, with some families limiting their movements – especially at night.
“首枚导弹爆炸时，我的一位同事去学校接儿子，发现学生们受惊聚集在一起。我们上班、送孩子上学，但人人感到焦虑和紧张，”他告诉半岛电视台。
“When the [first missile] explosion occurred, one of my colleagues went to the school to pick up her son and found the students frightened and gathered together in one place. We go to work and take our children to school, but there is a sense of anxiety and tension,” he told Al Jazeera.
机场遭袭亚丁国际机场是也门目前最繁忙的机场，承受了胡塞武装导弹和无人机袭击的主力，航班屡次受阻，迫使航空公司取消或延误航班，并将其他航班改飞也门境内或国外的其他机场。
Airport attacks Aden international airport, currently Yemen’s busiest airport, has borne the brunt of the Houthi missile and drone attacks, which have repeatedly disrupted air travel, forcing airlines to cancel or delay flights and divert others to airports elsewhere in Yemen or abroad.
对于住在机场附近的居民来说，反复的空袭和爆炸给家庭带来了心理创伤，促使一些人考虑搬往亚丁市内外更安全的地区。居住在亚丁霍尔马克萨尔区、靠近机场的艾哈迈德·阿瓦德说，袭击让孩子们陷入恐惧和焦虑之中。
For residents living near the airport, the repeated strikes and explosions have taken a psychological toll on families, prompting some to consider moving to safer areas inside and outside Aden. Ahmed Awadh, a resident of Aden’s Khor Maksar district, near the airport, said the attacks have left children struggling with fear and anxiety.
“爆炸声把孩子们吓得惊醒，之后整夜都无法入睡。如今连普通飞机的声音都会让我的家人心生恐惧，”阿瓦德告诉半岛电视台。
“An explosion jolts the children awake in terror, leaving them unable to sleep for the rest of the night. Even the sound of an ordinary airplane now strikes fear into my family,” Awadh told Al Jazeera.
他说，这些袭击扰乱了学校和企业，促使人们匆忙赶回家，一些家长不让孩子去上学。一些家庭已将包括儿童和老人在内的弱势亲属送往邻近的拉赫季省和舍卜沃省，或亚丁的其他区。还有人租下了离机场更远的房子。
He said the attacks have disrupted schools and businesses, prompting families to rush home and some parents to keep their children away from school. Some families have sent vulnerable relatives, including children and elderly people, to neighbouring Lahj and Abyan provinces or other districts of Aden. Others have rented homes further away from the airport.
阿瓦德与另外10名家庭成员住在一起，他说他们已采取预防措施，在袭击期间让孩子远离窗户。他和邻居们还建立了一个WhatsApp群组，在每次爆炸后互相确认安危。
Awadh, who lives with 10 other family members, said they have taken precautions by keeping children away from windows during attacks. He and his neighbours have also created a WhatsApp group to check on one another after each explosion.
“服务于平民的（亚丁）机场，以及其他民用基础设施和居民区，绝不能成为攻击目标，”阿瓦德说。
“The [Aden] airport, which serves the civilian population, as well as other civilian infrastructure and residential areas, must not be targeted,” Awadh said.
亚丁依然脆弱。亚丁是也门仅次于胡塞武装控制的首都萨那的第二重要城市，2015年初，在胡塞武装与其对手之间的激烈战斗以及沙特领导的联军的空袭中，该市遭受了大面积破坏。
Aden remains vulnerable Aden, Yemen’s second-most important city after the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, suffered extensive destruction in early 2015 during fierce fighting between the Houthis and their opponents, as well as air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition.
即便在胡塞武装被赶走之后，该市仍不时发生反胡塞各派系之间的零星冲突，这些派系有时还会将武器对准彼此。
Even after the Houthis were driven out, the city continued to experience sporadic clashes between rival anti-Houthi factions, which sometimes turned their weapons on each other.
亚丁大学和哈德拉毛大学新闻学教授阿迪卜·沙特里表示，最新一波胡塞导弹袭击加剧了这座本已饱受无法无天和不安全之苦的城市的苦难。
Adeeb al-Shatri, a professor of journalism at Aden and Hadramout universities, said the latest wave of Houthi missile attacks had compounded the suffering of a city already plagued by lawlessness and insecurity.
他质疑，也门国际公认的政府为何让亚丁——其临时首都和政府所在地——暴露在胡塞武装的袭击之下，而没有足够的防空力量来拦截导弹和无人机。
He questioned why Yemen’s internationally recognised government had left Aden, its temporary capital and seat of government, vulnerable to Houthi attacks without adequate air defences to intercept missiles and drones.
“亚丁目前是首都，容纳着大小国家机构。因此，合法政府必须保护它，”沙特里告诉半岛电视台。
“Aden is currently the capital, housing both major and minor state institutions. Therefore, the legitimate government must protect it,” al-Shatri told Al Jazeera.
也门军方声称在亚丁部署有防空部队，并有报道称无人机在抵达平民区域前被拦截。
The Yemeni military has claimed to have air defence forces in Aden, with reports of drone interceptions before they reached civilian areas.
也门新闻部长穆阿马尔·埃里亚尼未回应半岛电视台就有关防空系统在保护亚丁方面力度不足的批评提出的置评请求。
Yemen’s Information Minister, Moammar al-Eryani, did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment on criticism that air defence systems have been inadequate in protecting Aden.
沙特里认为，亚丁较富裕的居民中只有一小部分人负担得起囤积食物和其他必需物资以备紧急之需。他说，大多数居民本已难以养家糊口。
Al-Shatri argued that only a small proportion of Aden’s wealthier residents could afford to stockpile food and other essential supplies in preparation for an emergency. Most residents, he said, were already struggling to feed their families.
“在欧洲和其他稳定的阿拉伯国家，人们会在危机期间囤积食物，但在亚丁，人们需要三倍于目前的工资才能维持简单的生活，”他说。
“In Europe and other stable Arab countries, people stockpile food during crises, but in Aden, people need three times their current salaries just to live a simple life,” he said.
沙特里还驳斥了胡塞武装袭击已使亚丁的商业和教育完全停滞的说法。
Al-Shatri also challenged the notion that Houthi attacks had brought businesses and education in Aden to a complete standstill.
“爆炸发生仅一小时后，城里人们的出行就恢复了正常，因为他们必须继续奔波赚钱、糊口度日，”他说。“如果工作停下来，就会引发金融危机，他们将无法养活自己。”
“People’s movement in the city returned to normal just an hour after the explosion because they have to keep moving to earn money and secure their daily bread,” he said. “If work were to stop, it would lead to a financial crisis, and they would be unable to provide food for themselves.”