TRUMP has launched a devastating attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen, in a stark warning to the group and its Iranian backers.
The US President ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the Houthi terror group’s attacks.
Trump ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa[/caption]
The Houthis are an Iran-backed rebel group[/caption]
Trump addressed the group directly in a post on his Truth Social platform[/caption]
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump addressed the group directly: “YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!”
Trump also warned Iran to stop supporting the group, and promised to hold them “fully accountable”.
He said: “Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes.
“If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!”
The Houthi-run health ministry said that at least nine civilians had been killed and another nine injured in the attack.
The airstrikes come in response to the group’s attacks on military and commercial ships in the Red Sea.
The attacks began shortly after the beginning of the war in Gaza, and supposedly targeted vessels with links to Israel and its allies.
But many of the vessels targeted had no connection with Israel.
Since October 2023, over 100 merchant vessels have been attacked by the Houthis.
The group has seized one vessel and managed to sink two in the vicious campaign that has killed four sailors.
According to Trump the attacks have also cost the US and world economy “BILLIONS” of dollars.
The Houthis paused attacks paused during the ceasefire, but the group said on Wednesday that they would resume again after Israel cut off all aid supplies to Gaza to pressure Hamas during talks on extending their truce.
The group added that the warning also affected the Gulf of Aden, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Arabian Sea.
Trump’s attack was carried out by the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group, which includes the carrier, three Navy destroyers and one cruiser.
The carrier strike group is currently in the Red Sea.
This is not the first time that the US has attacked the Houthi rebel group.
Back in October the US launched a B-2 Stealth Bomber attack on the group in Yemen.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed at the time that the attack targeted “five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.”
Smoke was seen coming from a building in Sanaa[/caption]
The Houthi-run health ministry said that the attack killed nine and left a further nine injured[/caption]
