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Russian Warships Said to Be Going to Naval Base in Syria
据传俄罗斯军舰将开赴位于叙利亚的海军基地

MOSCOW — Introducing an unpredictable new element into the Syrian crisis, a news agency said on Monday that two Russian naval vessels with marines on board were ready to head for Syria to protect Russian citizens and a naval base there, in what would be the first known reinforcement of Moscow’s military presence since the start of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

莫斯科——某通讯社周一报道称二艘载有水兵的俄海军舰艇已做好开赴叙利亚的准备，以保护在叙俄罗斯公民及海军基地的安全，给叙利亚危机增添了难以预料的新变数。据信，这将是自叙利亚国内起事以来，俄罗斯首次在叙境内加强军事存在。

The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian naval official, who was not identified, as saying that the two amphibious assault ships would head for the Mediterranean port of Tartus, where Russia has its only warm-water naval base in the region. Russia has been the staunchest ally of Mr. Assad in the 16-month-old conflict, shielding the Damascus government from stern international measures to remove him from office.

国际文传电讯社援引某不具名的俄海军官员称：两艘两栖攻击舰将前往俄罗斯在地中海地区唯一的不冻军港——塔尔图斯港。在长过16个月的冲突中，俄罗斯是叙总统阿萨德最坚定的盟友，令大马士革政府不为严峻的国际倒萨行动所侵。

Moscow is also Syria’s biggest arms supplier, and the relationship provides Russia with its main foothold in Middle East diplomacy.

莫斯科还是叙利亚最大的军火供应商，而俄叙关系则为俄罗斯提供了一个主要的中东外交事务据点。

Interfax quoted the official as saying the ships were “ready to ensure security of Russian citizens and infrastructure of the Russian Navy logistics base” in Tartus.

国际文传电讯社援引这名官员称，俄船只准备保卫位于塔尔图斯的俄公民与海军后勤基地设施。

The official said the crews “jointly with the marine units they carry are capable of protecting the security of Russian citizens and evacuating a part of the property of the logistics base.”

该官员表示船员及其搭载的海军分队有能力保卫俄公民的安全并在海军基地实施部分撤离。

The Russia Today English-language television news channel said the vessels were currently moored in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Talk of evacuation of material and “protection” of Russian citizens in Syria, who include military advisers, seemed to be one more sign of alarm about the deteriorating security situation there after United Nations monitors announced over the weekend that they were suspending their operations as violence mounts.

俄罗斯英文电视新闻频道＂今日＂报道称，这些船只目前停泊于克里米亚的塞瓦斯托波尔港。到叙利亚撤离物资并＂保护＂包括军事顾问在内的俄公民，这一消息似乎是继上周末联合国宣布因暴力频仍而暂停在叙行动之后，又一个叙利亚局势持续恶化的凶兆。

The United Nations said the monitors would not be withdrawn from Syria, but were being locked down in Syria’s most contested cities, unable to conduct patrols. While the decision to suspend their work was made chiefly to protect the unarmed monitors, the unstated purpose appeared to be to force Russia to intervene to assure that the observers are not the targets of Syrian forces or their sympathizers. Russia has opposed Western intervention and, by some accounts, continues to arm the forces of Mr. Assad.

联合国表示这些军事观察员将不会从叙利亚撤出，但他们被困在战事最为激烈的数座城内，无法进行巡逻。虽然暂停工作的决定主要是出于保护非武装观察员，但言外之意似乎是迫使俄罗斯进行干预，以确保观察员不会成为叙利亚政府武装及其支持者的目标。俄罗斯反对西方干预，据有关报道，俄方还继续武装阿萨德的部队。

Activist groups in Syria on Monday reported renewed government shelling of the central city of Homs, a persistent flash point in the fighting between government forces and their armed opponents. Artillery fire also fell on the rebel stronghold of Douma near Damascus, activists said. Their reports are difficult to corroborate because of restrictions on journalists’ access.

叙境内的活动团体在周一报告称，政府军再次炮轰中部城市霍姆斯，该城一直是政府军与反叛武装的战斗焦点。活跃人士称，炮弹还落入反军据点——大马士革附近的杜马镇。由于新闻记者禁入，这些报告难以查实。

The White House issued a statement on Saturday once again calling on Syria to uphold commitments it has made in recent months, “including the full implementation of a cease-fire.” The statement added, “We are consulting with our international partners regarding next steps toward a Syrian-led political transition” called for in two United Nations Security Council resolutions, and “the sooner this transition takes place, the greater the chance of averting a lengthy and bloody civil war.”

白宫于周六发表声明，再次呼吁叙利亚遵守在最近几个月做出的承诺，＂其中包括完全实现停火＂。该声明还表示：＂我们正与我们的国际伙伴会商，讨论今后步骤以实现由叙利亚牵头的政治转型，＂（联合国安理会两项决议要求转型），＂这一转型越早得以实现，避免持久、残酷内战的机会就越大。＂

Last Friday, Russia’s chief arms exporter said his company was shipping advanced defensive missile systems to Syria that could be used to shoot down airplanes or sink ships if the United States or other nations try to intervene to halt the country’s spiral of violence.

上周五，俄罗斯主要的军火出口商称其正向叙利亚运送先进的防御导弹系统，如美国或其它国家试图出手阻止叙利亚的暴力升级，这些导弹可用于拦截飞机与舰艇。

“I would like to say these mechanisms are really a good means of defense, a reliable defense against attacks from the air or sea,” Anatoly P. Isaykin, the general director of the company, Rosoboronexport, said Friday in an interview. “This is not a threat, but whoever is planning an attack should think about this.”

Rosoboronexport公司董事长Anatoly P. Isaykin周五在采访中称：＂我认为这些装置是极好的防卫手段，是应对空中与海上来袭的可靠防御。这并不是一个威胁，但那些盘算进攻的人应三思。＂

Mr. Isaykin’s remarks came just days after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raised diplomatic pressure on Russia, Syria’s patron, by criticizing the Kremlin for sending attack helicopters to Damascus.

国务卿希拉里批评克林姆林宫向大马士革运送武装直升机，以向叙利亚的后台俄罗斯施加外交压力，数日之后，Isaykin作出上述表示。
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/1 ... -in-syria.html?_r=1Russian Warships Said to Be Going to Naval Base in Syria
据传俄罗斯军舰将开赴位于叙利亚的海军基地

MOSCOW — Introducing an unpredictable new element into the Syrian crisis, a news agency said on Monday that two Russian naval vessels with marines on board were ready to head for Syria to protect Russian citizens and a naval base there, in what would be the first known reinforcement of Moscow’s military presence since the start of an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

莫斯科——某通讯社周一报道称二艘载有水兵的俄海军舰艇已做好开赴叙利亚的准备，以保护在叙俄罗斯公民及海军基地的安全，给叙利亚危机增添了难以预料的新变数。据信，这将是自叙利亚国内起事以来，俄罗斯首次在叙境内加强军事存在。

The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian naval official, who was not identified, as saying that the two amphibious assault ships would head for the Mediterranean port of Tartus, where Russia has its only warm-water naval base in the region. Russia has been the staunchest ally of Mr. Assad in the 16-month-old conflict, shielding the Damascus government from stern international measures to remove him from office.

国际文传电讯社援引某不具名的俄海军官员称：两艘两栖攻击舰将前往俄罗斯在地中海地区唯一的不冻军港——塔尔图斯港。在长过16个月的冲突中，俄罗斯是叙总统阿萨德最坚定的盟友，令大马士革政府不为严峻的国际倒萨行动所侵。

Moscow is also Syria’s biggest arms supplier, and the relationship provides Russia with its main foothold in Middle East diplomacy.

莫斯科还是叙利亚最大的军火供应商，而俄叙关系则为俄罗斯提供了一个主要的中东外交事务据点。

Interfax quoted the official as saying the ships were “ready to ensure security of Russian citizens and infrastructure of the Russian Navy logistics base” in Tartus.

国际文传电讯社援引这名官员称，俄船只准备保卫位于塔尔图斯的俄公民与海军后勤基地设施。

The official said the crews “jointly with the marine units they carry are capable of protecting the security of Russian citizens and evacuating a part of the property of the logistics base.”

该官员表示船员及其搭载的海军分队有能力保卫俄公民的安全并在海军基地实施部分撤离。

The Russia Today English-language television news channel said the vessels were currently moored in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Talk of evacuation of material and “protection” of Russian citizens in Syria, who include military advisers, seemed to be one more sign of alarm about the deteriorating security situation there after United Nations monitors announced over the weekend that they were suspending their operations as violence mounts.

俄罗斯英文电视新闻频道＂今日＂报道称，这些船只目前停泊于克里米亚的塞瓦斯托波尔港。到叙利亚撤离物资并＂保护＂包括军事顾问在内的俄公民，这一消息似乎是继上周末联合国宣布因暴力频仍而暂停在叙行动之后，又一个叙利亚局势持续恶化的凶兆。

The United Nations said the monitors would not be withdrawn from Syria, but were being locked down in Syria’s most contested cities, unable to conduct patrols. While the decision to suspend their work was made chiefly to protect the unarmed monitors, the unstated purpose appeared to be to force Russia to intervene to assure that the observers are not the targets of Syrian forces or their sympathizers. Russia has opposed Western intervention and, by some accounts, continues to arm the forces of Mr. Assad.

联合国表示这些军事观察员将不会从叙利亚撤出，但他们被困在战事最为激烈的数座城内，无法进行巡逻。虽然暂停工作的决定主要是出于保护非武装观察员，但言外之意似乎是迫使俄罗斯进行干预，以确保观察员不会成为叙利亚政府武装及其支持者的目标。俄罗斯反对西方干预，据有关报道，俄方还继续武装阿萨德的部队。

Activist groups in Syria on Monday reported renewed government shelling of the central city of Homs, a persistent flash point in the fighting between government forces and their armed opponents. Artillery fire also fell on the rebel stronghold of Douma near Damascus, activists said. Their reports are difficult to corroborate because of restrictions on journalists’ access.

叙境内的活动团体在周一报告称，政府军再次炮轰中部城市霍姆斯，该城一直是政府军与反叛武装的战斗焦点。活跃人士称，炮弹还落入反军据点——大马士革附近的杜马镇。由于新闻记者禁入，这些报告难以查实。

The White House issued a statement on Saturday once again calling on Syria to uphold commitments it has made in recent months, “including the full implementation of a cease-fire.” The statement added, “We are consulting with our international partners regarding next steps toward a Syrian-led political transition” called for in two United Nations Security Council resolutions, and “the sooner this transition takes place, the greater the chance of averting a lengthy and bloody civil war.”

白宫于周六发表声明，再次呼吁叙利亚遵守在最近几个月做出的承诺，＂其中包括完全实现停火＂。该声明还表示：＂我们正与我们的国际伙伴会商，讨论今后步骤以实现由叙利亚牵头的政治转型，＂（联合国安理会两项决议要求转型），＂这一转型越早得以实现，避免持久、残酷内战的机会就越大。＂

Last Friday, Russia’s chief arms exporter said his company was shipping advanced defensive missile systems to Syria that could be used to shoot down airplanes or sink ships if the United States or other nations try to intervene to halt the country’s spiral of violence.

上周五，俄罗斯主要的军火出口商称其正向叙利亚运送先进的防御导弹系统，如美国或其它国家试图出手阻止叙利亚的暴力升级，这些导弹可用于拦截飞机与舰艇。

“I would like to say these mechanisms are really a good means of defense, a reliable defense against attacks from the air or sea,” Anatoly P. Isaykin, the general director of the company, Rosoboronexport, said Friday in an interview. “This is not a threat, but whoever is planning an attack should think about this.”

Rosoboronexport公司董事长Anatoly P. Isaykin周五在采访中称：＂我认为这些装置是极好的防卫手段，是应对空中与海上来袭的可靠防御。这并不是一个威胁，但那些盘算进攻的人应三思。＂

Mr. Isaykin’s remarks came just days after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raised diplomatic pressure on Russia, Syria’s patron, by criticizing the Kremlin for sending attack helicopters to Damascus.

国务卿希拉里批评克林姆林宫向大马士革运送武装直升机，以向叙利亚的后台俄罗斯施加外交压力，数日之后，Isaykin作出上述表示。
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