美军战斗机击落一架叙政府军飞机

A US fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane over the jihadi-held province of Raqqa on Sunday, thought to be the first time the US-led alliance has downed an Assad regime aircraft during the war against Isis.

周日，在被圣战分子控制的拉卡省，一架美国战斗机击落一架叙利亚战机。据信，这是在对“伊斯兰国”(ISIS)战争期间，美国领导的联军首次击落阿萨德(Assad)政权的飞机。

The incident highlights the potential of the war to spark a dangerous internationalised conflict between the rival forces intervening to fight the jihadi group on Syrian soil.

该事件凸显出，这场战争有可能引发一场危险的国际化的冲突，冲突的各方是在叙利亚领土上打击ISIS的各个彼此对立的干预势力。

Also on Sunday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched surface-to-surface missiles against Isis in eastern Syria in retaliation for the recent attacks by the jihadi group on the country’s parliament and a shrine.

同样在周日，伊朗革命卫队(Revolutionary Guards)向叙利亚东部的ISIS发射了地对地导弹，以报复该圣战者组织最近对伊朗议会和一处圣地的袭击。

The US military said one of its jets shot down a Syrian plane that was dropping bombs near fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US-backed ground forces fighting Isis in Raqqa. Syria’s government condemned the US for the attack.

美国军方表示，美军一架飞机击落了一架正向叙利亚民主军(Syrian Democratic Forces)战斗人员附近投掷炸弹的叙利亚飞机。叙利亚政府对美国的这次袭击表示谴责。叙利亚民主军是美国支持的在拉卡省与ISIS作战的地面武装。

Hours after the strike, clashes erupted between pro-Assad troops and the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group with activists across Syria, said fighting had flared up around the village of Rasafa in Raqqa province, near the area where the Syrian fighter jet was downed.

就在这次袭击发生数小时后，支持阿萨德的部队与叙利亚民主军爆发了冲突。叙利亚人权观察(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)表示，在叙战机被击落地区附近的拉卡省Rasafa村一带爆发了战斗。叙利亚人权观察是个总部位于英国的监督组织，其活动人士遍布叙利亚。

The US-led alliance is waging an anti-Isis campaign separate from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s efforts against the jihadis. Mr Assad is being militarily supported by Iran and Russia.

以美国为首的联军发起的打击ISIS的行动，独立于叙总统巴沙尔?阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)打击ISIS的努力之外。阿萨德得到伊朗和俄罗斯的军事支持。

In a statement from US Central Command, the US military said a Syrian regime Su-22 plane was downed by a US F/A-18E Super Hornet “in collective self-defense of coalition partnered forces”.

在美国中央司令部(US Central Command)发表的一份声明中，美国军方表示，“在联军合作武装的集体自卫行动中”，叙利亚政权一架苏-22 (Su-22)战机被美国一架F/A-18E超级大黄蜂(F/A-18E Super Hornet)击落。

The US military continued: “The coalition’s mission is to defeat Isis in Iraq and Syria. The coalition does not seek to fight Syrian regime, Russian, or pro-regime forces partnered with them, but will not hesitate to defend coalition or partner forces from any threat.”

美国军方接着表示：“联军的使命是在伊拉克和叙利亚击败ISIS。联军未寻求与叙利亚政权、俄罗斯或与它们合作的亲叙利亚政权武装作战，但会毫不犹豫地保卫联军或合作武装免受任何威胁。”

The fate of the pilot is unknown, according to a statement by Syrian army leadership, quoted on Syrian state news agency Sana.

叙官方通讯社叙通社(Sana)援引叙军方领导层的一份声明称，被击落战机的飞机员的命运目前仍不得而知。

“This flagrant violation shows there is no doubt of the fact that the American stance supports terrorism,” said the statement. “It exposes the devious intentions of America in running terrorism and investing in it in order to pursue its Zionist-American project in the region.”

“这一骇人听闻的暴行证明，美国的立场毫无疑问是支持恐怖主义的。”该声明表示，“它暴露了美国在经营和投资恐怖主义方面的狡猾意图，这种经营和投资是为了在该地区推进犹太复国主义者与美国的共同计划。”

Additional reporting by Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran

纳吉姆?博佐尔格梅尔(Najmeh Bozorgmehr)德黑兰补充报道