VOA常速英语:解放哈维贾

On October 4th, the Iraqi Security Forces supported by the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS,liberated the town of Hawija and over 150 surrounding villages from ISIS,along with as many as 85,000 civilians who had been trapped there.Hawija was the terrorist group’s last stronghold in northern Iraq.ISIS has now lost control of almost all the territory it once held in Iraq,except for a small area in western Anbar along the Euphrates River Valley and out to al-Qaim, located on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
10月4日，由美国带头的“打击伊斯兰国（ISIS）全球联盟”支持的伊拉克安全部队从ISIS手中解放了哈维贾镇与周边150多个村庄，以及当地多达85000名被困平民。哈维贾是恐怖组织在伊拉克北部的最后一个据点。现在，ISIS几乎已失去了曾经在伊拉克境内控制的所有领土，只剩下在伊拉克安巴尔省西部位于伊叙边界的一小片区域，该区域沿着幼发拉底河谷延伸至伊拉克加伊姆市。

ISIS seized Hawija during its 2014 offensive in northern Iraq that also resulted in the fall of the strategically important cities of Sinjar, Tal Afar, and Mosul.By the end of 2014, ISIS declared Mosul to be its capital in Iraq.
2014年，ISIS在对伊拉克北部的攻击中夺取了哈维贾，同时也导致了辛贾尔、塔尔阿法、摩苏尔等战略要地的沦陷。2014年底，ISIS宣布将摩苏尔定为其在伊拉克的首都。

To counter the terrorist group’s rapid expansion and begin rolling it back,the United States and partner nations formed a global coalition that countered ISIS with a series of airstrikes in September 2014.Over the past three years, the Coalition liberated the captured cities,and destroyed ISIS in its safe havens, hamstrung its capacity to generate revenue through theft of local resources, antiquities, and oil,and hobbled its ability to recruit foreign fighters, move funds, and spread false propaganda over the internet and social media.
为了遏制恐怖组织的迅速扩张、削弱恐怖组织力量，美国及其伙伴国家组成了一个全球性联盟，该联盟于2014年9月通过一系列空袭对ISIS进行了打击。过去三年来，联盟解放了被恐怖势力占领的城市，摧毁了ISIS的庇护所，削弱了ISIS通过盗窃当地资源、文物和石油以获取资金的能力，遏制了ISIS招募外国恐怖分子、转移资金、在互联网及社交媒体上传播虚假信息的能力。

Ultimately, the Coalition’s support enabled Iraqi Security Forces to take on ISIS and defeat the terrorist organization.Hawija is the latest ISIS-held city in Iraq to be liberated. A similar campaign is even now in progress in Syria,where U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are in the midst of an all-out assault on the city of Raqqa, ISIS’s Syrian capital.
最终，联盟的支持使得伊拉克安全部队具备了与ISIS较量的能力并最终击败了恐怖组织。哈维贾是伊拉克最新从ISIS手中解放的城市。而叙利亚目前也正在进行着类似的运动。在叙利亚，由美国支持的叙利亚民主力量部队正在对ISIS在叙利亚的首都拉卡卡市展开全面攻击。

“Iraqi Security Forces continue to prove they are a battle-hardened, professional force dedicated to ridding their country of an evil enemy,”said the Coalition in a written statement.
“伊拉克安全部队一直在用行动证明他们是一个拥有强大战斗力的专业部队，他们致力于消灭国家的邪恶敌人，”联盟在一份书面声明中如是写道。

“While the liberation of Hawija is a significant milestone, an ISIS presence remains in Iraq,and the Coalition will continue to stand side-by-side with the ISF in their collective mission to defeat ISIS.”
“虽然哈维贾的解放是打击ISIS行动中的一个重要里程碑，但ISIS依然存在于伊拉克，打击ISIS全球联盟将继续与伊拉克安全部队并肩战斗，为最终击败ISIS的共同使命而努力。