美國對俄羅斯軍事介入敘利亞表示關切
US officials are expressing concern about a possible military build-up by Russia in Syria, warning that Moscow’s efforts to bolster strongman President Bashar al-Assad could add to a refugee crisis in Europe and complicate the US’s own efforts to combat jihadi militants.
美國官員對俄羅斯可能在敘利亞展開軍事集結表示關切，他們警告稱，莫斯科方面支持敘利亞強人總統巴沙爾阿薩德(Bashar al-Assad)的努力可能會加劇歐洲難民危機，並會讓美國自身打擊聖戰武裝分子的努力複雜化。
The US concern hinges on reports that taken together imply Russia has decided to step up its involvement in Syria and might do everything from conduct air strikes against Assad regime opponents to deploy more military advisers on the ground.
美方的關切源於多份報道，這些報道總體上暗示，俄已決定加大對敘利亞的介入，而且可能會採取各種各樣的措施——從對阿薩德政權的反對者實施空中打擊，到向敘利亞境內派遣更多軍事顧問。
Secretary of state John Kerry called his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Saturday to register US anxiety at media reports suggesting an “imminent enhanced Russian military build-up” in Syria.
上週六，美國國務卿約翰克里(John Kerry)與俄外長謝爾蓋拉夫羅夫(Sergei Lavrov)通電話，正式提出美方對那些暗示“俄即將擴大在敘軍事集結”的報道感到擔憂。
“The secretary made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operating in Syria,” the State Department said in a weekend statement, referring to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis.
美國國務院(State Department)上週末發表聲明稱：“國務卿明確表示，如果這些報道是準確的，這些行動可能令衝突進一步升級，導致更多無辜人員喪生，催生更多難民，並可能與在敘境內展開行動的反ISIL聯盟發生衝突。”ISIL即“伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯蘭國”。
Reports over the past week have had Russian troops fighting on the ground in Syria, Russia increasing the flow of arms to the Assad regime in recent months and also beginning work on upgrading facilities at an airfield near the port city of Latikia. That work has included setting up a mobile air traffic control unit and building housing facilities, it was claimed.
過去一週有報道稱，俄羅斯軍隊在敘展開了地面戰鬥，俄在近幾個月裏增加了對阿薩德政權的軍火供應，並着手升級敘港口城市拉塔基亞(Latakia)附近一處機場的設施。報道稱，相關工作包括設立一個移動空中交通管制單位，以及建造居住設施。
US officials say they do not yet know what Russia’s intentions are but the fear is that the Latikia airfield could serve as a launch pad for air strikes or even a base for an increased Russian military presence on the ground.
美國官員表示，他們還不清楚俄方的意圖，但他們擔心，拉塔基亞機場可能被用作發起空中打擊的平臺，甚至可能被用作俄增加地面軍事存在的一個基地。
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, on Friday denied both that his country’s armed forces were fighting in Syria and that Moscow had decided to bolster its support for the Assad regime. “We are looking at different options, but that, what you are talking about, is not on our agenda yet,” he told reporters. “To say that we are ready to do that today is premature.”
上週五，俄總統弗拉基米爾渠京(Vladimir Putin)既否認俄軍在敘利亞作戰，也否認俄政府已決定加大對阿薩德政權的支持。“我們在研究各種選項，但你們所談論的事情還不在我們的議程上，”他告訴記者說，“眼下就說我們已準備好那麼做還爲時過早。”
Analysts say the evidence on the ground points to some increased Russian support for the Assad regime recently but that it may be premature to say there has been any change in policy.
分析人士表示，實地證據表明近來俄加大了對阿薩德政權的支持力度，但現在就說俄方政策已發生變化或許還太早。
