VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：“伊斯蘭國(guó)”在敘利亞和伊拉克失去大片控制范圍

“伊斯蘭國(guó)”在敘利亞和伊拉克失去大片控制范圍

Military pressure against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq has cost the terrorist group 22 percent of its territory in the past 15 months.

在過(guò)去15月內(nèi)，“伊斯蘭國(guó)”恐怖組織迫于的軍事壓力，在敘利亞和伊拉克失去22%的土地。

About half of the loss has happened since the beginning of this year.

自今年年初，該組織已失去近一半的土地。

Iraqi security forces take combat positions at the front-line with Islamic State group militants as Iraqi Army and allied Sunni volunteer tribal fighters supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. AP Photo.

The monitoring group IHS said the militants are, in its words, “increasingly isolated and being perceived as in decline.”

研究調(diào)研機(jī)構(gòu)IHS稱“恐怖分子會(huì)越來(lái)越被孤立并處于下降趨勢(shì)。”

IHS said the terrorists have been pushed back in northern Syria between Raqqa -- claimed by the Islamic State -- and the Turkish border. Airstrikes by Russia and a coalition led by the United States have freed important border crossings. Kurdish and Sunni fighters have supported that coalition.

IHS表示，恐怖組織的控制范圍已被縮小至敘利亞北部城市拉卡(“伊斯蘭國(guó)”聲稱)和土耳其邊境之間。在美俄聯(lián)合空襲之下，重要的邊境口岸已被解放。庫(kù)爾德人和遜尼派武裝分子參與了此次聯(lián)合打擊。

The Islamic State terrorist group controls only a small area of Syria, where it smuggles supplies and fighters from Turkey.

“伊斯蘭國(guó)”恐怖組織控制了敘利亞一小片從土耳其走私物資裝備的地方，

At the same time, pro-government forces in Iraq also regained territory. The army -- and Sunni and Shi’ite militias -- took back control of Ramadi.

同時(shí)，伊拉克親政府派也收復(fù)了土地。軍方，還有遜尼派和什葉派民兵組織收回了拉馬迪市。

Iraq also plans to try to retake Mosul in the north. The militants have held the city for more than a year and a half.

伊拉克還計(jì)劃奪回北部城市摩蘇爾，恐怖分子已控制該城市一年半了。

The international community has noted the need for a unified fight against the Islamic State militants. It says if the Syrian government and rebels sign a peace agreement, their armies and weapons can be used in the fight against the IS militants.

國(guó)際社會(huì)已然認(rèn)識(shí)到應(yīng)該團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)共同對(duì)抗“伊斯蘭國(guó)”恐怖組織。如果敘利亞政府和反對(duì)派能達(dá)成和平協(xié)議，他們的武器裝備即可用于打擊恐怖分子。

Between 250,000 and 470,000 people have died in Syria -- and millions have fled the country -- in the past five years. There has been little progress to end the country’s civil war.

過(guò)去五年內(nèi)，25萬(wàn)至47萬(wàn)人已經(jīng)死于敘利亞，還有幾百萬(wàn)人逃離了該國(guó)家。敘利亞內(nèi)戰(zhàn)一直未能結(jié)束。

UN-led peace talks were held in Geneva, Switzerland this week.

聯(lián)合國(guó)主導(dǎo)的和平談判于這周在瑞士日內(nèi)瓦召開(kāi)。