
Saudi cities faced the threat of a second day of Houthi attacks as fighting across Yemen led the UN to warn of a humanitarian crisis with 100,000 Yemenis already displaced.(沙特城市面临胡塞武装连续第二天袭击的威胁,也门各地战事促使联合国警告称,该国已出现人道主义危机,十万也门人已经流离失所。)
沙特城市面临胡塞武装连续第二天袭击的威胁,也门各地战事促使联合国警告称,该国已出现人道主义危机,十万也门人已经流离失所。
As oil prices remained well over $100 (£74) a barrel, Qatar warned of a catastrophe if the Iran-backed Houthi militants won full control of the Bab al-Mandab strait, the narrow waterway at the bottom of the Red Sea dominating the key naval route to Asia.(在油价仍远高于每桶100美元(74英镑)之际,卡塔尔警告称,如果伊朗支持的胡塞武装分子完全控制曼德海峡,将带来灾难。曼德海峡是红海南端的狭窄水道,扼守通往亚洲的关键海上航线。) The strait(海峡) has become vital to Saudi crude oil exports as the wider Middle East war chokes(阻塞、扼制) the strait of Hormuz(霍尔木兹海峡,全球石油运输咽喉) in the Gulf.
在油价仍远高于每桶100美元(74英镑)之际,卡塔尔警告称,如果伊朗支持的胡塞武装分子完全控制曼德海峡,将带来灾难。曼德海峡是红海南端的狭窄水道,扼守通往亚洲的关键海上航线。随着更广泛的中东战争令波斯湾的霍尔木兹海峡受阻,曼德海峡对沙特原油出口已变得至关重要。
An emergency meeting of the UN security council in New York heard repeated calls for Houthi forces to show restraint(克制). In a sign that(有迹象表明) Iran is still seeking a broader solution, its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, travelled to Beijing to discuss China’s possible role in solving the related strait of Hormuz dispute.
联合国安理会在纽约召开紧急会议,会上反复呼吁胡塞武装保持克制。有迹象表明伊朗仍在寻求更广泛的解决方案,其外长阿巴斯·阿拉格希前往北京,讨论中国在解决相关霍尔木兹海峡争端中可能发挥的作用。