The United States launched strikes on Saturday in Yemen while President Trump said that the United States would use “overwhelming mortal” force ” Houthi Stop shipping attacks.
“Today, I ordered the American army to launch a decisive and powerful military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They carried out an implacable campaign of piracy, violence and terrorism against American and others, planes, planes and drones”, ” Mr. Trump wrote on social networks. “The Houthi attack on American ships will not be tolerated. We will use an overwhelming mortal force until we have achieved our goal.”
He said incessant assaults have cost the world’s billions of dollars in the United States and the global economy while putting innocent in danger. He also added that “your attacks should stop, from today.”
The US central command confirmed the strike in a Social media message Saturday which includes a video of a fighter plane that takes off from an aircraft carrier.
An American official confirmed strikes to CBS News on Saturday and said that strike reports in Sana’a were only the start, according to the official. US Central Command is ready to extend the campaign on the Houthis from the air and the sea for weeks potentially depending on the way in which Houthis and / or Iran react, by an American official and a source with knowledge.
According to the Associated Press.
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The strikes came a few days after the Houthi rebels said earlier this week that they took over attacks on Israeli ships in response to the blocking of aid from Israel in Gaza.
The Houthis, operating Yemen, have been supported, provided and formed by Iran for years. After Hamas launched its fatal terrorist attack in Israel in October 2023, the terrorist group initially declared that they only drew on ships linked to Israel, in support of the Palestinian people, but US officials said that the group has targeted ships that have no connection with the War of Israel.
The United States, Israel and the United Kingdom have already struck Areas held by Houthi in Yemen.
Iran has close links with Russia. The spokesperson for the State Department, Tammy Bruce, said on Saturday evening in a statement that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent on Saturday the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during which Rubio informed Lavrov of “the US military deterrent operations against the Houthi supported by Iran and stressed that the pursuit of the Maritime Vessels Americans and commercial in the Red Sea will not be tolerated “.
In January, a few days after taking office, Mr. Trump Designated the Houthis A foreign terrorist organization. Former President Joe Biden had withdrawn the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization in 2021, but then redesigned them as a global terrorist specially appointed in early 2024.
Margaret Brennan,
And Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.
