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To all Zionists, from now on, take shelter or leave for your homeland immediately. Your failed government will no longer be able to protect you,
al-Mashat claimed in the televised statement They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their own word,
They are likely, however, to continue shooting at Israel,
The operations in Yemen were and remain support for Gaza to stop the aggression and allow the entry of aid,
With Trump announcing a halt to the American aggression against Yemen, it will be evaluated on the ground first,
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a senior member of the Ansar Allah-led Supreme Political Council, wrote Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter This was always a freedom of navigation issue. These guys, these are a band of individuals with advanced weaponry that were threatening global shipping, and the job was to get that to stop and if it's going to stop, then we can stop it. So, I think it's an important development."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, following Trump's remarks I will accept their word,
We’re going to stop the bombing of the Houthis, effective immediately,
Trump said at the start of his Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping,
he wrote, calling the agreement a "welcome outcome." I am always worried about groups like the Houthis sticking to anything they say,
If they can deliver this, ... it would be a major, major victory for the Trump administration."
They saw the writing on the wall,
Washington's open-ended and congressionally unauthorized strikes against the Houthis for targeting shipping in the Red Sea was the epitome of strategic malpractice, neglecting the origins of the conflict (the war in Gaza) and failing to deter the group while squandering billions in taxpayer dollars."
Jon Hoffman, a research fellow in defense and foreign policy at the Cato Institute, said Massive WIN. President Trump promised to restore the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, and he used great American strength to swiftly deliver on that promise. The world is safer with President Trump in charge,
said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt Trump’s surprise announcement that the U.S. will stop airstrikes against the Houthis is the right decision, regardless of whether the group stops targeting U.S. vessels,
said Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East program at Defense Priorities This was about linking Houthi aggression directly to Iran,
said Can Kasapoglu, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute Trump’s bold choice shows there are offramps from endless escalation in the Middle East,
I’m skeptical that the Houthis no longer want to fight,
said Gregory Johnsen, a former member of the United Nations Security Council’s Panel of Experts on Yemen The Omanis have also been the main mediators between the US and Iran, and now the Houthis and the Americans. There are indications that the nuclear talks are advancing, with a framework shaping over sanctions lifting in exchange for nuclear restrictions,
It was made very clear by the US State Department that the deal relates directly to Houthi operations in the coast of Yemen, specifically in regard to US shipping,