Yemen’s Houthis have “capitulated” to the United States and agreed to cease assaults on delivery, President Donald Trump stated Tuesday as he introduced an finish to the U.S. bombing marketing campaign in Yemen “effective immediately”.
The Houthis started concentrating on vessels within the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in late 2023, claiming solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, which has been devastated by Israel’s army after a shock Hamas assault that yr.
“The Houthis have announced… that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight. And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated,” Trump stated.
“They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that’s… the purpose of what we were doing,” the U.S. president stated, including that the data got here from a “very, very good source.”
Attacks by the Houthis have prevented ships from passing via the Suez Canal — a significant route that usually carries about 12 p.c of the world’s delivery visitors.
The United States started finishing up strikes towards the Houthis in early 2024 underneath president Joe Biden, and Trump’s administration launched renewed assaults on the rebels beginning on March 15.
The Pentagon stated final week that U.S. strikes had hit greater than 1,000 targets in Yemen since mid-March in an operation that has been dubbed “Rough Rider.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com