Houthis Make Stunning Announcement On Seized Ship Amid Trump First Big Action Against Yemeni Rebels

The Houthis' activities threaten the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime trade,

the White House said in a statement

The President will direct USAID to end its relationship with entities that have made payments to the Houthis, or which have opposed international efforts to counter the Houthis while turning a blind eye towards the Houthis’ terrorism and abuses,

the White House said

While the redesignation likely won't have a positive impact on the group's behavior, the measure suggests the new administration is not looking to induce (or cajole) the Iranians to negotiations through blandishment,

Schenker told Reuters

The Trump administration is aware of these consequences but chose to move forward anyway, and will bear responsibility for the hunger and disease that will follow,

Oxfam America's director of peace and security, Scott Paul, said in a statement

As a result of the Biden administration’s weak policy, the Houthis have fired at US Navy warships dozens of times, launched numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure in partner nations, and attacked commercial vessels,

the White House said in a fact sheet on Wednesday evening

If the Houthis quiet down for a while, the next time they begin causing trouble, particularly for Israel and international shipping, Israel probably will have a plan in place to take out their leadership,

Heistein said

Houthi military leaders are going to be very skeptical of using phones, and that is likely going to make it harder and more time consuming for them to exchange messages between Saada and Sanaa,

Longley Alley said

Running a country of more than 32 million people with serious problems is hard to do from isolation in a remote environment,

Heistein said

Since 2015, they have fought Saudi and Emirati forces who tried to target their leadership, which made them very security conscious,

Paes said

I don’t think Israeli threats have changed the behavior of Houthi leaders much,

said Wolf-Christian Paes, a researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies

Under President Trump, it is now the policy of the United States to cooperate with its regional partners to eliminate the Houthis’ capabilities and operations, deprive them of resources, and thereby end their attacks on US personnel and civilians, US partners, and maritime shipping in the Red Sea,

the White House said

This is a step in the right direction, and I urge Ansar Allah to continue these positive steps on all fronts, including ending all maritime attacks,

Grundberg said

We call on all nations to support our seafarers and shipping so that this does not happen again,

the International Chamber of Shipping said in a statement

Arsenio Dominguezgeneral

Innocent seafarers must not become collateral victims in wider geopolitical tensions,

Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization, said in a statement

We are in constant readiness to intervene immediately at any time the Israeli enemy returns to escalation, genocidal crimes and siege of the Gaza Strip,

he said

Supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF), which arms and trains terrorist organizations worldwide, the Houthis have fired at U.S. Navy warships dozens of times since 2023, endangering American men and women in uniform,

the order noted