VOA标准英语2018--叙利亚战后稳定工作

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Stabilization¹ Efforts in Syria Working

The enduring defeat of ISIS remains² a top priority for the United States. The U.S.-led Global Coalition³ to Defeat ISIS is leading stabilization efforts that consolidate⁴ military gains, restore basic essential services, and enable Syrians to voluntarily and safely return to their homes in Raqqa and other former ISIS strongholds. Assistance includes explosive hazard and rubble⁵ removal, providing clean water, rehabilitating⁶ electricity networks, and other basic necessities.

Since April, the United States has elicited⁷ approximately $300 million in contributions and pledges from Coalition partners to support immediate⁸ stabilization and early recovery initiatives in areas liberated⁹ from ISIS in northeast Syria, including a generous contribution of $100 million by Saudi Arabia and $50 million by the United Arab Emirates.

People ride their motorcycle by damaged buildings in the old town of Homs, Syria. (Aug. 15, 2018) 

People ride their motorcycle by damaged buildings in the old town of Homs, Syria. (Aug. 15, 2018)

As a result of these generous contributions and other factors, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert announced, “the U.S. will redirect 230 million dollars in stabilization funds for Syria which have been under review.”

“This decision does not represent any lessening¹⁰ of U.S. commitment to our strategic goals in Syria,” stressed Ms. Nauert. President Donald Trump¹¹ has made clear that the U.S. is prepared to remain in Syria until the enduring defeat of ISIS, and the U.S. remains focused on ensuring the withdrawal¹² of Iranian forces and their proxies¹³. “We believe,” said Ms. Nauert, “that neither of these events will happen without irreversible progress toward a political resolution of the conflict in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254.”

This decision does not affect U.S. humanitarian¹⁴ assistance. The United States is the largest single country humanitarian donor¹⁵ for the Syria response, providing more than $8.6 billion in humanitarian assistance since the start of the crisis for those displaced inside Syria and the region.

The U.S. will also continue to work with its international partners towards the achievement of a peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict under an UN-led political process. The Syrian people deserve a country free of war, human rights abuses, and terrorism.