The future of western security is being fought out(通过战斗决出胜负) in the mountains and hills surrounding the south-western Yemeni city of Taiz(塔伊兹（也门城市）), the country’s former prime minster(总理（原文拼写有误）) has said.
也门前总理表示，西方安全的未来正取决于也门西南部城市塔伊兹周边的山区和丘陵地带的战斗。
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, now an adviser to Yemen’s president, said it would be catastrophic if the city fell to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, since control of the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait in the Red Sea and the road to Aden – the site of the UN-recognised government – would be lost.(赛义德称，若该城落入胡塞叛军之手将是一场灾难，因为这将使红海战略要冲曼德海峡及通往亚丁的道路失守。)
马恩·阿卜杜勒马利克·赛义德现任也门总统顾问，他表示，如果该城落入伊朗支持的胡塞叛军之手，后果将是灾难性的，因为这将意味着失去对红海战略要冲曼德海峡以及通往亚丁的道路的控制——亚丁是联合国承认的政府所在地。
Appealing for more western help, Saeed said he had no doubt that(毫不怀疑) the Houthis intended to seize(夺取、控制) control of all of Yemen, and claimed their goal was “to help Iran to expand the chaos(混乱)”.
赛义德呼吁西方提供更多援助，他表示毫无疑问胡塞武装意图夺取整个也门的控制权，并声称其目标是“帮助伊朗扩大混乱”。