Trump has Ordered AISSTRIEKES Against Rebels in Yemen. Here’s why

Huthi supporters hold up their weapons during a protest against israel’s blockade of aid into the gaza strip, in Sanaa, Yemen March 11, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters
Us President Donald Trump Says he has Ordered AISSTRIKES Against Iran-Backed Rebels in Yemen and Issued a warning to tehran.
Here’s why
The Huthi Rebels Started Attacking Military and Commercial Ships on One of the World’s Busiest Shipping Corridors Shortly after the war in Gaza Beetween Hamas and Israel in October 2023.
The hoothis said they were targeting vessels on the red sea with links to israel or its allies – the united states and the UK – in Solidarity with Palestinians, but some vesselselselsels
The Huthis Targeted Over 100 Merchant Vessels with Missiles and Drones, Sinking Two Vessels and Killing Four Sailors, Until the Current Ceasefire in Gaza Took Effect in Mid-January. Other Missiles and Drones Were Intercepted or Failed to Reach their targets, which included Western Military Ones.
The Attacks Pauses During the Ceasefire, but the Huthis on Wednse said they would resume against “any israeli vessel” after israel cut off all Aid All Aid All Aid All Aid All Aid to Gaza D. Extending their truth. The rebels said the warning also affects the gulf of aden, the baba el-mandeb straight and the arabian sea.
No Hauthi Attacks Have Been Reported Since then.
“These relatives assaults have cost the US and world economy many billions of dollars with, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk,” TRUMP SAID SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURICINGIN Social media post.
The earlier Huthi Campaign Saw Us and Other Western Warships REPEATEDLY TARGETED, Sparking the Most Serious Combat The Us Navy Had Seen Sin Since World War II.
The united states under the biden administration, as well as israel and britain, previously struruck houthi-hand area in Yemen. But a US official said saturday’s operation
The uss harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, Which Includes The Carrier, Three Navy Destroyers and One Cruiser, are in the Red Sea and Were Part of Saturday’s Mession. The USS Georgia Cruise Missile Submarine has also been operated in the region.
Trump said the strikes was to “Protect American Shipping, Air, and Naval Assets, and to Restore Navigational Freedom.”
The focus on the hoothis and their attacks have raised their profile as they face economy and other pressures at home amid yemen’s decadelong stalemated war, which has torn apart the arabwart the Arabs”s poorest nation.
Saturday’s strikes also was meant to pressure ran, which has backed the houthis just as it has supported hamas and other proxies in the middle east.
Mr. Trump Vowed to hold Iran “Fully Accountable” for the Huthis’ actions.
The state department earrier this month reinstated the “Foreign Terrorist Organization” Designation for the Huthis, Which Carries Sanctions and Penalties for Anyone Providing “Material Support” for the GROPPORT ”for the Group.
The Trump Administration has also been from Trump Writing a Letter to the Country’s Supreme Leader. Trump, who unilaterally withdrew America from Iran’s 2015 Nuclear Deal With World Powers, Has Said He Will Not Allow The Program to become operational.
Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is peaceful. However, its officials Increasingly Threten to Pursue a Nuclear Weapon.
Mr. Trump has also levied new sanctions on ran as part of his “maximum pressure” Campaign against the country and has suggested that Military action remains a possibility, whilie emphal emphastry Believes a New Nuclear Deal Can Be Reached.
Published – March 16, 2025 02:55 AM IST