Trump says US will stop bombing Yemens Houthis, claims they dont want to fight anymore

President Trump announced Tuesday that Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen had agreed to stop attacking American vessels in the Red Sea and that his administration will cease strikes on them in response.“The Houthis have announced that … they don’t want to fight anymore,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office while meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.“They just don’t want to fight.And we will honor that, and we will, we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word [when] they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that’s what the purpose of what we were doing.”There was no immediately to confirm Trump, who called the development “very positive” and added that “we just found out about that.”The Houthis have repeatedly attacked ships traversing the Red Sea since Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct.

7, 2023.The Trump administration had been carrying out retaliatory strikes meant to deter the aggression.A Houthi spokesperson confirmed to DropSite News that the US-designated terror organization agreed to stop firing upon US ships if the Trump administration also agreed to stop bombing them.“We do not consider ourselves at war with the American people,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti told DropSite News.“If the US stops targeting Yemen, we will cease our military operations against it.”...