THE STORY
Yesterday, Iraqi forces - supported by US airstrikes - moved in on ISIS in the city of Fallujah.
WHY DO I CARE?
Because Fallujah is a (major) key city close to Baghdad, Iraq’s capital. It was the first important city to fall to ISIS, and the group is believed to have plotted multiple suicide bombings in Baghdad from Fallujah. Not good, especially since at least 20 people were killed in Baghdad yesterday in bombings claimed by ISIS.
ANYTHING ELSE?
Fallujah’s complicated because it’s a predominantly Sunni city. Reminder: the majority of Iraq is Shiite, while ISIS is Sunni-led. And those two branches of Islam are basically like the Bayside Tigers and Valley High of the Mideast. Shiite militias (led by Iran) have been involved in the effort to take back Fallujah from ISIS. The US - while it wants ISIS gone - also doesn’t want to stir up resentment and cause Fallujah’s Sunni population to fight back against the Shiite militias. Iraq, meet hard place.
theSKIMM
If the Iraqi gov. manages to say ‘backsies’ to Fallujah, it would be a huge win in a fight that’s been going on for two years now. But no matter what happens with ISIS, this fight could raise tensions between rival groups…in a country that’s already very tense.
[故事]
昨天伊拉克軍隊靠美軍空襲援助，前進到ISIS所在的城市---費盧杰。
[我為何關注]
因為費盧杰是靠近伊拉克首都巴格達的主要城市。費盧杰是第一個被ISIS淪陷的重要城市，而ISIS被認為從費盧杰策劃多起在巴格達自殺爆炸事件。不幸地是，特別因為ISIS聲稱昨天的爆炸至少有20個人在巴格達死亡。
[其他]
費盧杰複雜的原因來自於它是屬於以遜尼派為主的城市。 提醒：伊拉克主要是什葉派，而ISIS是遜尼派。伊斯蘭教的這兩個派系基本上就好像中東的Bayside Tigers 和 Valley High。(由伊朗領導)什葉派民兵曾積極努力參與將費盧杰從ISIS那奪回。美國 --- 即使想要ISIS離開 --- 也不希望挑起反感和造成費盧杰的遜尼派人民反擊什葉派民兵。伊拉克處於兩難位置。
[結語]
如果伊拉克政府設法對費盧杰說「backsies」，這將會是這場已進行兩年的戰爭中最大的勝利。但不管和ISIS發生任何事情，這場戰爭會提高敵對兩派的緊張關係......而在這國家中早已是非常緊繃的了。
[單字]
predominantly：主要
militias：民兵
stir up： 挑起
resentment： 反感、怨恨、怨念
fight back against：反擊、回擊
manages to：設法
militias：民兵
stir up： 挑起
resentment： 反感、怨恨、怨念
fight back against：反擊、回擊
manages to：設法
PS. 這次有幾個英文直接引用原文，主要是因為我不知道怎麼翻才好，歡迎提供意見。
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