Russia's role is vital because it has influence in Damascus which the other players don't. It supplies Syria with weapons and political support. While Russia's veto at the UN Security Council has already been used as a counter-weight to Western pressure, recent rhetoric between Russia and America suggests that East and West still don't agree on the key question - the fate of President Assad.
俄罗斯角色的重要性在于:其在大马士革有影响力,而其他国家没有。俄为叙利亚提供武器和其他政治支持。俄罗斯在联合国安理会上的反对票已被用来作为西方压力的制衡力量,且近来俄美的外交关系暗示东西方仍然在关键问题上存在分歧—阿萨德总统的命运。
Gunmen in Kenya have kidnapped four international aid workers at the Dadaab refugee camp in the north of the country. The aid workers were seized when an aid agency convoy was ambushed as it drove through the sprawling camp. A Kenyan driver for the agency, the Norwegian Refugee Council, was killed. The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab is often blamed for kidnappings in the area.
肯尼亚枪手在肯尼亚南部达达布绑架了四名国际救缓组织工作人员。救缓组织车队在驶过到处散布的营地时,遭遇埋伏,四名工作被抓走;一名为挪威难民委员会工作的肯尼亚籍司机遇害。这一地区绑架行动通常由索马里伊斯兰沙巴布组织实施。