At a news conference in Paris Saturday, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the death of a French helicopter pilot during an operation against Islamist insurgents in southern Mali. Besides beating backing the Islamists, he said France also aims to secure Mali's stability and protect the lives of French and European nationals there. Le Drian also said one French soldier was killed and one went missing in a separate military operation in Somalia, an unsuccessful attempt to rescue a French national held hostage there for more than three years. 周六在巴黎举行的新闻发布会上,国防部部长让?伊夫?勒?得莱恩宣布一法国直升机飞行员在一次反击马里南部伊斯兰叛乱分子行动的过程中不幸遇难的消息.他表示,除了击退伊斯兰叛乱分子,法国方面还将确保马里国家的稳定并且对该地的法国和欧洲国家人民进行保护.同时他还宣布在索马里的一次独立军事行动中一名士兵死亡一名士兵失踪,该次行动旨在试图营救一名已被扣押三年做人质的法国人,结果却遭遇了失败._________________________.In Somalia, however, al Shabab insurgents claimed the hostage is still alive and in their custody. Lisa Bryant for VOA News, Paris.然而在索马里的青年党反叛分子依然宣称人质还活着并且在他们的扣留之下.丽莎布莱恩特从巴黎为您带来的VOA新闻.
