在对伊拉克和叙利亚进行报复性空袭后,美国准备在中东采取更多行动。 US prepares additional action in Middle East following retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
继最近对伊拉克和叙利亚 85 个目标进行报复性空袭后,美国正准备在中东采取进一步行动。 The United States is preparing further action in the Middle East following recent retaliatory airstrikes against 85 targets in Iraq and Syria. 这次袭击旨在报复三名美国士兵被杀,白宫国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文将其描述为“我们反应的开始,而不是结束”。 The strikes, designed to retaliate for the killing of three American soldiers, have been described by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan as "the beginning, not the end of our response". 沙利文强调,将采取“更多步骤”,有些是看得见的,有些可能是看不见的,以确保发出“非常明确的信息”,即当美军受到攻击时,美国将做出强有力的回应。 Sullivan emphasised that there will be "more steps", some seen and some possibly unseen, to ensure a "very clear message" is sent that when American forces are attacked, a forceful response will follow.