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Watch: Missile interceptions seen in Jordan's night sky Oil prices rose to $100 (£74) a barrel on Wednesday, after the US and Iran attacked tankers in the Gulf region and Yemen's Houthis hit oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
观看:约旦夜空中的导弹拦截 在美国和伊朗袭击海湾地区的油轮以及也门胡塞武装袭击沙特阿拉伯的石油设施后,周三油价上涨至每桶 100 美元(74 英镑)。
Overnight, the US said it struck five Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iran's targeting of a warship, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked eight tankers and two warships in response, as well as a US base in Jordan.
一夜之间,美国表示,它袭击了五艘伊朗油轮,以报复伊朗袭击一艘军舰,而伊朗革命卫队表示,他们袭击了八艘油轮和两艘军舰,以及美国在约旦的基地。
The Guards also said they planned a new "prohibited zone" for shipping that extended beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Arabian Sea.
卫兵还表示,他们计划设立一个新的航运“禁区”,从霍尔木兹海峡延伸到阿拉伯海。
The Iran-backed Houthis reported dozens of Saudi strikes in Yemen, a day after drone and missile attacks caused fires at several oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
伊朗支持的胡塞武装报告称,沙特在也门发动了数十次袭击,一天前无人机和导弹袭击导致沙特阿拉伯多个石油设施起火。
The escalating conflicts pushed the price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, to its highest level since late July, when Iran and the US resumed hostilities after a one-month lull.
不断升级的冲突将全球基准布伦特原油价格推升至7月下旬以来的最高水平,当时伊朗和美国在一个月的平静后恢复了敌对行动。
A barrel was priced at $100.70, up 2.83% compared to Tuesday, on Wednesday afternoon.
周三下午,每桶价格为100.70美元,较周二上涨2.83%。
Before the US and Israel's war with Iran began in February, Brent crude had been priced at about $70 (£52) a barrel.
在 2 月份美国和以色列与伊朗的战争开始之前,布伦特原油的价格约为每桶 70 美元(52 英镑)。
But Iranian missile and drone attacks on commercial shipping and a US naval blockade of Iranian ports resulted in the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz waterway in the Gulf, through which 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments usually pass.
但伊朗对商业航运的导弹和无人机袭击以及美国海军对伊朗港口的封锁导致海湾霍尔木兹海峡水道的有效关闭,世界上 20% 的石油和液化天然气 (LNG) 运输通常要经过该海峡。
The Houthis have also been targeting Saudi energy infrastructure and tankers in the Red Sea since July, when a four-year ceasefire in Yemen began unravelling.
自7月也门为期四年的停火开始瓦解以来,胡塞武装还一直瞄准红海的沙特能源基础设施和油轮。
The rising oil costs have sparked leaps in petrol prices around the world for motorists.
石油成本上涨引发了世界各地驾车者的汽油价格飞涨。
Centcom released video footage that it said showed the Iranian tanker Riesco ablaze and sinking The US military's Central Command (Centcom) said early on Wednesday that its latest strikes destroyed four Iranian oil tankers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Gulf of Oman - Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1 and Riesco - and a fifth tanker - Derya - near Kharg Island, in the northern Gulf, which hosts Iran's main terminal for exporting oil.
中央司令部公布的视频片段显示,伊朗油轮“Riesco”起火并沉没 美国军方中央司令部(Centcom)周三早些时候表示,其最新的袭击摧毁了阿曼湾与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队(IRGC)有联系的四艘伊朗油轮——Kaviz、Charminar、Horizon 1和Riesco——以及第五艘油轮——Derya——靠近海湾北部的哈格岛,该岛是伊朗主要石油出口码头的所在地。
US forces directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck, it added.
声明补充说,美军在船只被击中之前指示船员弃船。
Centcom said the attacks came after the IRGC launched ballistic missiles at a US warship in the region twice in two days.
中央司令部表示,袭击发生之前,伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队在两天内两次向该地区的一艘美国军舰发射弹道导弹。
It added that the warship "successfully evaded" the missiles and that no American troops were harmed.
声明补充说,这艘军舰“成功躲避”了导弹,没有美军受伤。
The IRGC said its Aerospace Force launched missiles at US maintenance facilities, hangars and aircraft at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight in retaliation for the US strikes. Jordan's armed forces said they intercepted 20 Iranian missiles and two others fell in unpopulated areas, with no casualties were reported.
伊朗革命卫队表示,其航空航天部队连夜向约旦穆瓦法克萨尔蒂空军基地的美国维修设施、机库和飞机发射了导弹,以报复美国的袭击。 约旦武装部队表示,他们拦截了 20 枚伊朗导弹,另外两枚导弹落在无人居住地区,没有人员伤亡的报告。
Later, the IRGC said its navy also attacked two US Navy destroyers and eight oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, causing "heavy damage" to the vessels.
随后,伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队表示,其海军还在霍尔木兹海峡袭击了两艘美国海军驱逐舰和八艘油轮,对船只造成“严重损坏”。
Centcom said the claim that the IRGC struck two of its warships was false.
中央司令部表示,关于伊斯兰革命卫队袭击其两艘军舰的说法是错误的。
The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said it had received reports of several merchant vessels in the northern Gulf and the Gulf of Oman being "subject to disabling fire as part of ongoing military activity in the region".
英国海事贸易运营机构表示,已收到报告称,北部湾和阿曼湾的几艘商船“由于该地区正在进行的军事活动而受到火力打击”。
It also reported that one vessel 24 nautical miles (45km) north-west of Port Rashid, in the United Arab Emirates, was seen "listing while at anchor, possibly indicating water ingress following an attack from an unknown projectile".
报告还报道称,有人看到一艘位于阿拉伯联合酋长国拉希德港西北 24 海里(45 公里)处的船只“在锚泊时发生倾斜,可能表明在受到不明弹丸攻击后进水”。
Iraqi authorities said they extinguished a fire on a Panama-flagged tanker, New Andros, that was carrying two million barrels of fuel oil when it was hit by a drone in the Gulf.
伊拉克当局表示,他们扑灭了一艘悬挂巴拿马国旗的油轮“New Andros”,该油轮载有200万桶燃油,在海湾地区被一架无人机击中。
On Wednesday afternoon, IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi told Iranian state TV that it would soon announce the co-ordinates for a new "prohibited zone" covering "part of the Sea of Oman and another part of the Arabian Sea, along the route that can lead to the Strait of Hormuz".
周三下午,伊斯兰革命卫队发言人侯赛因·莫赫比告诉伊朗国家电视台,它将很快宣布一个新的“禁区”的坐标,该禁区覆盖“阿曼海的一部分和阿拉伯海的另一部分,沿着通往霍尔木兹海峡的路线”。
"If a vessel enters that area without co-ordination, it will be subject to our sanctions," he said.
他说:“如果一艘船只在没有协调的情况下进入该地区,它将受到我们的制裁。”
When asked by reporters about the latest tit-for-tat strikes, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the situation was "pretty straightforward".
当被记者问及最新的针锋相对的袭击时,美国国务卿马可·卢比奥周二表示,情况“非常简单”。
"Iran continues to try to hit US naval ships.
“伊朗继续试图袭击美国海军舰艇。
And, for every time they do that or try to do that, they're going to lose tankers.
而且,每次他们这样做或试图这样做,他们都会失去油轮。
And I think you'll see that again today," Rubio told reporters during a trip to Colombia. The US strikes on Tuesday came hours after Iran's Navy said it had seized an uncrewed US submarine in the Strait of Hormuz. US Navy Capt Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for Centcom, said an "underwater drone operated by US forces malfunctioned more than a day ago" and that it had been used to survey regional waters.
我想你今天会再次看到这一点,”卢比奥在哥伦比亚之行期间告诉记者。 就在美国周二发动袭击的几个小时前,伊朗海军表示在霍尔木兹海峡扣押了一艘无人的美国潜艇。 中央司令部发言人、美国海军上尉蒂姆·霍金斯表示,“美军操作的一架水下无人机一天多前发生故障”,该无人机曾被用来调查该地区水域。
Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, an Iran-backed group that controls much of north-western Yemen, have also been exchanging fire.
沙特阿拉伯和控制也门西北部大部分地区的伊朗支持的胡塞武装也一直在交火。
Following a wave of air strikes on Sunday and Monday, the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of bombing a prison in Hazm.
在周日和周一的一波空袭之后,胡塞武装指责沙特阿拉伯轰炸了哈兹姆的一所监狱。
The group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Wednesday that the bodies of 23 civilians had so far been pulled from the rubble.
该组织的军方发言人叶海亚·萨雷亚 (Yahya Sarea) 周三表示,目前已从废墟中打捞出 23 具平民的尸体。
On Tuesday, the Houthis launched dozens of drones and missiles at civilian and economic sites in the southern Saudi cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, injuring 73 civilians, according to Saudi authorities. The attacks caused fires at oil facilities that led to a temporary halt in operations, they said.
据沙特当局称,周二,胡塞武装向沙特南部城市艾卜哈、海米斯穆谢特、吉赞和奈季兰的民用和经济场所发射了数十架无人机和导弹,造成 73 名平民受伤。 他们说,袭击导致石油设施起火,导致运营暂时停止。
On Wednesday, the Houthis reported more than 50 Saudi air strikes across territory they control in the provinces of Marib, Jawf, Taiz, Hudaydah, Saada and Bayda.
周三,胡塞武装报告称,沙特在其控制的马里卜省、焦夫省、塔伊兹省、荷台达省、萨达省和贝达省控制的领土上发动了 50 多次空袭。
There was no immediate comment from the Saudi military.
沙特军方没有立即发表评论。
There has also been heavy fighting on Yemen's south-western coast since Thursday, when the Houthis launched an offensive against Saudi-backed Yemeni pro-government forces in a bid to take control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
自周四以来,也门西南海岸也发生了激烈战斗,当时胡塞武装对沙特支持的也门亲政府军发动攻势,试图控制连接红海和亚丁湾的曼德海峡。
More than 500 people have reportedly been killed and almost 20,000 displaced.
据报道,已有 500 多人丧生,近 2 万人流离失所。
US and Iran trade retaliatory attacks on ships as conflict flares Iran warns of 'faster, heavier, more painful response' to US attacks
随着冲突爆发,美国和伊朗对船只进行报复性袭击 伊朗警告称将对美国袭击做出“更快、更严厉、更痛苦的反应”
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