利雅得：沙特首都利雅得的政府机构已要求员工从周一（10月19日）开始居家办公。据法新社报道，一名工作人员和两名顾问证实了这一要求。目前，利雅得正不断遭受也门胡塞武装的袭击。
RIYADH: Government agencies in Saudi capital Riyadh have told employees to work from home starting Monday (Oct 19), one worker and two consultants told AFP, as the city comes under repeated attack from Yemen's Houthis. The Kingdom Centre, a 99‑storey tower in downtown Riyadh that houses the regional office of the International Monetary Fund, has also requested workers in its offices to stay away until further notice.
位于利雅得市中心的“王国中心”（Kingdom Centre）是一座99层的摩天大楼，国际货币基金组织（IMF）的地区办事处就设在该大楼内。该机构也已要求其办公室的员工在另行通知之前不要来办公。
On Sunday evening, an employee working for a government agency in Riyadh received a message saying "it has been decided to implement remote work from Monday to Thursday this week".
周日晚上，一名在利雅得政府机构工作的员工收到了一条消息，内容为：“已决定本周从周一到周四实行远程办公制度。”消息中还补充说：“我们希望所有人继续正常工作。”
"We ask everyone to continue their activities as normal," it added.
另外两名为沙特政府机构工作的顾问也表示他们收到了同样的指示。其中一名顾问告诉法新社：他周一早上像往常一样来到工作场所，却被告知必须实行远程办公。“这条邮件是内部发送的；由于我们是顾问，所以没有收到这条邮件。到达现场后，我们联系了客户方的项目经理，经理才向我们说明了这一规定。”
Two consultants working for two Saudi government agencies said they had received the same instructions. One of them told AFP he arrived at his workplace as normal on Monday morning only to learn that remote work had been mandated. "The email was sent internally. We are consultants, so we didn't receive it. Once on site, we contacted the project manager on the client's side, who informed us," he said.
还有其他消息来源称，位于利雅得市中心Al-Olaya区的政府办公室早在两周前就已经被疏散了。
Two other sources told AFP that government offices located in skyscrapers in the Al-Olaya district, in central Riyadh, had been evacuated two weeks earlier.
据其他消息来源透露，总部位于King Abdullah金融区的公司（该区域有许多美国公司的办公室）也要求员工居家办公。
Companies based in the King Abdullah Financial District, which hosts offices of major American firms, have also asked employees to work from home, according to other sources.
沙特阿拉伯一直遭受胡塞武装的频繁导弹和无人机袭击，这些袭击针对的是机场、能源设施以及军事目标。最近几天，袭击的强度达到了前所未有的程度，尤其是利雅得机场——10月10日的袭击导致13人死亡、数百人受伤，这是10多年来沙特境内最致命的袭击事件。自本月以来，针对沙特各地机场的袭击已导致共计20人死亡。
Saudi Arabia has been targeted with near-daily missile and drone attacks by the Houthis, who have launched strikes on airports, energy facilities and military sites. In recent days, the strikes have reached unprecedented intensity, particularly at Riyadh airport, where an attack killed 13 people and injured hundreds on Oct 10 in the deadliest strike on Saudi soil in more than 10 years. In total, 20 people have been killed in attacks targeting airports across Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the month.
2022 年开始的战斗暂停之后，胡塞武装与沙特阿拉伯及也门政府军的冲突于 7 月重新爆发，在更广泛的中东战争中开辟了新战线。
After a lull in fighting that began in 2022, the Houthis' conflict with Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces resumed in July, opening a new front in the wider Middle East war.
9 月，胡塞武装夺取了也门的红海海岸线，进一步巩固了对战略要地巴布曼德布海运通道的控制。
In September, the Houthis seized Yemen's Red Sea coastline, tightening their grip on the strategic Bab al-Mandab shipping lane.