白宫:也门事情还没结束

 　　Yemeni security officials say the Saudi-led coalition¹ has launched fresh airstrikes on Shi'ite rebels in two cities, a day after the kingdom declared an end to its monthlong air campaign targeting the Iran-backed rebels and their allies.

　　The instability in Yemen requires much more work there and in the entire  Middle East region, the White House said Wednesday.

　　"Obviously, the job is not done," Jen Psaki, White House communications director, said on CNN. " ... There's a lot of work that needs to be done and we're going to be doubling down and continuing to work on that with our partners around the world.''

　　White House: Job Is Not Done in Yemen

　　Yemeni officials said coalition forces on Wednesday struck at Houthi rebels in Taiz, Yemen's third-largest city. The rebels had seized control of a military brigade headquarters near the old airport to the city's southeast.

　　Airstrikes also hit the southern port city of Aden, blasting rebel forces in outlying districts there.

　　Street fighting continued in both cities, especially Taiz, where combat with rebels left dozens killed on both sides.

　　The Houthis on Wednesday called for a return to U.N.-sponsored peace talks to resolve the conflict. In New York, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the United Nations stood ready to play any role to facilitate the peace negotiations².

　　Last week, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the U.N.-supported diplomatic process "remains³ the best way out of a drawn-out war with terrifying implications for regional stability."

　　Saudi Arabia's leading role against the Houthis has turned Yemen into the latest theater of a regional proxy⁴ conflict between the Gulf⁵'s leading Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite Muslim powers — a struggle also playing out in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.

　　According to the World Health Organization, 1,080 people have been killed and 4,352 wounded over the past month in Yemen.

　　Earlier Wednesday morning, U.S. National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan had encouraged using the declared pause in air raids to discuss a diplomatic resolution to the upheaval⁶.

　　"We strongly urge all Yemeni parties, in particular the Houthis and their supporters, to take this opportunity to return to these negotiations as part of the political dialogue," Meehan said in a statement that also praised Saudi Arabia's $274 million commitment of humanitarian⁷ relief for Yemen.

　　Psaki reiterated⁸ that goal in her CNN interview. "There is no other solution that's going to work,'' she said. "This is not a war that can be fought on the battlefield.''

　　Meehan's statement also said the U.S. would "continue to closely monitor terrorist threats posed by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and to take action as necessary to disrupt continuing, imminent⁹ threats to the United States and our citizens."

　　Saudi Arabia on Tuesday had declared the end of its monthlong bombing campaign aimed at halting the Houthis' advance, but said its new focus on supporting a political solution also could include actions to prevent the rebels from acquiring or using weapons from Yemen's military.

　　A Saudi statement also prioritized resuming U.N.-led peace talks concerning Yemen.

　　Hadi speech

　　In Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Yemen's exiled president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, gave a televised address saying the crisis in his country would end "soon." He also thanked the Saudi-led coalition and said his government would restore hope to Yemen's people.

　　"I express the deepest gratitude¹⁰ and respect to our Arab and Muslim brothers and friends in this exceptional alliance in my name and on behalf of the Yemeni people," Hadi said.

　　"The alliance ... supported [the government's] legitimacy¹¹, which responded to the calls of Yemenis to serve its interests," Hadi said, adding the people "are looking to live and restore their state."

　　That's "the primary objective of Operation Decisive Storm," he said of the Saudi-led strikes.

　　Iran

　　Iran, which supports the Houthis, had welcomed the declared halt to airstrikes as the end to "killing¹² innocent and defenseless civilians¹³" and called the move a "step forward" toward a political resolution.

　　President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the U.S. government had told Iran that any weapons shipments to the Houthis would be a "problem."

　　"We're not sending obscure messages, we send them very direct messages about it," Obama said in an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews. "My hope is generally that we can settle down the situation in Yemen."

　　The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sailed toward the Gulf of Aden  off the Yemeni coast Tuesday to join other U.S. warships¹⁴ to ensure vital Gulf shipping¹⁵ lanes remain open.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。

5 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 upheaval   

n.胀起，(地壳)的隆起；剧变，动乱

参考例句：

• It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
• The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

7 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

8 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

9 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

10 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

11 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

12 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

13 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

14 warships   

军舰，战舰( warship的名词复数 )； 舰只

参考例句：

• The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
• The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。

15 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。