Trump Urged To Aid Yemen’s Anti-houthi Forces As Terror Group Escalates Attacks On Shipping

The State Department connected Sunday blasted Yemen’s Iran-sponsored Houthi violent activity for lethal attacks connected cargo ships successful nan Red Sea and connected Israel arsenic caller calls emerged for President Donald Trump to support Yemen’s morganatic authorities to topple nan Houthi regime.

Walid Phares, a starring American master connected nan Middle East, told Fox News Digital that regarding "negotiations pinch Hamas and nan authorities successful Tehran, successful my view, Iran is simply buying clip to rearm and resume its location description ." 

Phares said if nan talks fail, location is simply a request "to reassemble a crushed unit comprised of units loyal to nan morganatic Yemeni authorities (now successful exile successful Aden), and—crucially—the Southern Transitional Council (STC), whose forces are based successful nan Aden region and support frontlines adjacent to Houthi-controlled territory. Notably, STC forces person achieved nan astir important victories against nan Khomeinist militias successful past years." 

TRUMP HALTS MILITARY STRIKES ON HOUTHIS BUT EXPERT WARNS IRAN-BACKED TERRORIST GROUP REMAINS MAJOR THREAT

Houthi supporters stitchery to be a rally successful protestation of nan United States' airstrikes connected Yemen and Israel's ongoing strikes successful nan Gaza Strip successful Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Phares, who advised Trump erstwhile he was a campaigner for president successful 2016, continued, saying that "The United States should back, fund, and train these confederate forces for renewed crushed operations on nan Red Sea coast, peculiarly to retake nan captious larboard metropolis of Hodeidah. Simultaneously, bluish units loyal to nan Yemeni authorities could beforehand toward nan capital, Sanaa. Allied airpower would supply nan basal screen to alteration a southern-northern pincer activity that could illness nan Houthi clasp connected Yemen and destruct nan threat entirely."

He based on that "This would pave nan measurement for early negotiations—not pinch Tehran’s proxies—but pinch a federated, pro-Western Yemeni authorities independent of Iranian influence. "

In May, Trump announced that aft a subject aerial run against nan Houthi movement, saying nan Houthis "just don't want to fight…and we will grant that. We will extremity nan bombings."

The Houthi terrorists, however, look to person violated their promise to Trump to extremity attacks in nan Red Sea.

President Donald Trump, right, is taking action against nan Houthis to take sides U.S. shipping assets and deter violent threats, nan White House posted connected X connected March 15, 2025. (The White House)

Department of Defense spokesperson Sean Parnell told Fox News Digital, "The DOD remains prepared to respond to immoderate authorities aliases non-state character seeking to broaden aliases escalate conflict successful nan region. Secretary Hegseth continues to make clear that, should Iran aliases its proxies frighten American unit successful nan region, nan United States will return decisive action to take sides our people. We will not talk early operations."

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Fox News Digital reported connected July 7 that Israel exchanged rocket occurrence pinch Iran-backed Houthi rebels successful Yemen connected Monday, targeting nan group's ports and different facilities.

Israel's initial strikes came successful guidance to a suspected Houthi onslaught connected a Liberian-flagged vessel successful nan Red Sea. The alloy was targeted pinch explosives and mini arms fire, causing it to return connected h2o and forcing nan unit to wantonness ship. The Houthis person not yet claimed work for nan attack. Israel's subject issued a informing anterior to its attack, which targeted ports astatine Hodeida, Ras Isa and Salif.

"These ports are utilized by nan Houthi violent authorities to transportation weapons from nan Iranian regime, which are employed to transportation retired violent operations against nan authorities of Israel and its allies," nan Israeli subject said.

Yemeni seashore defender ships affiliated pinch nan Houthi group patrol nan oversea connected Jan. 4, 2024. International shipping has been disrupted by their presence. (AFP via Getty Images)

The Houthi attacks past week resulted successful nan sinking of nan bulk bearer Magic Seas, resulting successful nan presumed killings of 4 group and 11 others who are missing, according to an AP report.

The announcement came arsenic outer photos show long, trailing lipid slicks from wherever nan bulk bearer Eternity C went down, and different erstwhile nan Houthis sank nan bulk bearer Magic Seas.

The Times of Israel reported that some ships were attacked over a week agone by nan rebels arsenic portion of their run targeting vessels complete nan warfare successful Gaza. The Houthi run has upended shipping successful nan Red Sea, done which $1 trillion of equipment usually passes a year.

Houthi fighters locomotion complete British and U.S. flags astatine a rally successful support of Palestinians successful nan Gaza Strip and nan caller Houthi strikes connected shipping successful nan Red Sea and Gulf of Aden connected Feb. 4, 2024 connected nan outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

A spokesperson for nan State Department told Fox News Digital, "The United States condemns these attacks. These caller attacks person led to nan nonaccomplishment of life, wounded to sailors, and nan sinking of cargo ships.Houthi attacks proceed to endanger nan lives of seafarers, harm economies crossed nan region, and consequence biology disaster."

The spokesperson added, "Global state of navigation and Israel person been nether onslaught by nan Houthi rebels for excessively long. The U.S. supports Israel’s expertise to workout its correct to self-defense."

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After nan Biden management de-listed nan Houthi activity arsenic a overseas violent organization, nan Trump management swiftly restored nan violent designation successful March. 

The official slogan of the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) reads, "Allah is Greater. Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse connected nan Jews. Victory to Islam." 

Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and AP contributed to this report.