尼日利亚海军和陆军表示，本周在动荡的乍得湖地区，一场联合情报主导的行动至少击毙了34名叛乱分子。
Nigeria's navy and army say a joint intelligence-led operation killed at least 34 insurgents in the volatile Lake Chad region this week.
尼日利亚海军和陆军称，本周在乍得湖地区，一场联合情报主导的行动至少击毙了34名叛乱分子，并将其描述为近年来军方在该地区针对武装团体实施的较大规模打击行动之一。官员表示，此次突袭针对的是多年来一直利用湖中沼泽岛屿作为藏身之处的武装分子。
Nigeria's Navy and Army said a joint intelligence-led operation killed at least 34 insurgents in the Lake Chad region this week, describing it as one of the military's larger reported strikes against armed groups in the area in recent months. Officials said the raid targeted fighters who have used the lake's swampy islands as hideouts for years.
乍得湖盆地横跨尼日利亚、乍得、尼日尔和喀麦隆，自十多年前尼日利亚东北部爆发叛乱以来，一直是“博科圣地”及其分裂派别“伊斯兰国西非省”的大本营。这场冲突已造成数万人丧生，并迫使四国数百万人流离失所，破坏了依靠湖泊维持生计的渔业和农业社区。
The Lake Chad Basin, which straddles Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, has been a stronghold for Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province, since the insurgency erupted in northeastern Nigeria more than a decade ago. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions across the four countries, disrupting fishing and farming communities that depend on the lake for their livelihoods.
尼日利亚当局曾定期宣布在该地区实施类似的联合行动，但对偏远战区的伤亡数字进行独立核实极少可能。军方表示，计划进一步开展行动，在旱季来临前持续对剩余叛乱分子据点施压，因为武装分子过去曾在旱季湖岸线收缩时在湖边重新集结。
Nigerian authorities have periodically announced similar joint operations in the region, though independent verification of casualty figures from remote combat zones is rarely possible. The military said further operations are planned to maintain pressure on remaining insurgent cells before the dry season, when fighters have previously regrouped around the lake's shrinking shoreline.