VOA慢速英语--土耳其声称IS已经杀死了200战士

AS IT IS 2016-01-15 Turkey Claims It Has Killed 200 IS Fighters 土耳其声称IS已经杀死了200战士

Turkish forces have killed 200 Islamic State militants¹ in Syria and Iraq, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced.

The retaliation² responds to a suicide bomb attack that killed 10 German travelers in Istanbul this week.

Fifteen people were hurt in the bombing, including Germans. The New York Times newspaper reports citizens of Norway, Peru and South Korea were also wounded.

Davutoglu said Turkish forces attacked numerous Islamic State terrorist group targets along its border with Syria and near a Turkish camp in northern Iraq. They used artillery³ and tanks in the attacks, which were carried out within the past two days.

He said if necessary, Turkey would also launch air attacks against the group. And he said Turkish forces will pressure the Islamist fighters until they leave the border areas. However, Turkey’s war planes have not flown in Syrian air space since late November, when a Turkish pilot shot down a Russian fighter jet.

Separately, Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said seven people have been arrested for taking part in the planning of the attack.

He said three of them are Russian citizens.

The attack happened in Sultanahmet Square, a popular tourist area.

Turkish officials say the attack was carried out by a 28-year-old Syrian member of the Islamic State terrorist group. They said Nabil Fadli had recently entered Turkey from Syria as a refugee, but he was not on any Turkish lists of suspected terrorists.

The interior minister said 36,000 people from 124 countries are banned from entering Turkey.

Over the past few days, Turkish forces have detained more than 70 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State terrorist group. It is not known if any of them are linked to the suicide bombing in Istanbul.

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retaliate⁴ – v. to do something bad to someone who has hurt you or treated you badly; to get revenge against someone

respond – v. to do something as a reaction to something that has happened or been done

tourist – n. a person who travels to a place for pleasure

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

4 retaliate   

v.报复，反击

参考例句：

• He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
• It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。