CNN News:也門局勢緊張引國際社會關注

CARL AZUZ, HOST: The Middle Eastern nation of Yemen isn`t a particularly large country. It`s not the region`s most influential country.

中東國家也門并不是一個面積非常大的國家，也不是當地具有非凡影響力的國家。

How might it become the battlefield for a proxy war?

但是現在也門為什么成為了一個戰(zhàn)爭沖突國家?

Hi. I`m Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS.

我是Carl Azuz，為您播報CNN學生新聞。

That`s what`s first up this Thursday, April 2.

首先是今天4月2號的首要新聞。

The United Nations says Yemen is on the brink of falling apart. The Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, took over the government earlier this year.

聯合國稱也門已經瀕臨崩潰的邊緣。也門叛軍組織胡塞組織在今年早些時候已經占領了政府。

Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition of nearby countries in airstrikes against the Houthis.

沙特阿拉伯正在領導相鄰國家組成聯盟軍對抗胡塞叛軍組織。

Some of them have been killed. Some civilians have been killed.

一些士兵戰(zhàn)死，一些居民也不幸遇難。

The Houthi rebel leader refuses to surrender and the country has become a focus of international concern.

胡塞叛軍領導人拒絕投降，目前也門已經引起了國際社會的高度重視。

What happens here and who winds up in charge of Yemen after the violence settles could shape the religious and political future of the Middle East.

也門沖突最終勝利的一方將會影響到整個中東地區(qū)宗教和政治格局。