The head of Diplomacy Oman Badr Al Busaidi announced on Tuesday that the US and Yemenian rebels Huti concluded a truce thanks to the mediation of his country. Shortly before, President Donald Trump said that the US would stop the raids to Huti because the group agreed to stop the fighting.
Key facts:
- Yemeni Huti are a party in the civil war and control part of this country.
- Rebels since the outbreak of Israel's war with Hamas in 2023 attack ships in the Red Sea and declare support for the Palestinian organization. The United States is trying to fight this group.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday to stop American attacks on Huti.
“None of the parties will attack the other, including American ships, in the Red Sea and the Strait of Bab Al -Mandab, ensuring the freedom of navigation,” Busidi wrote on the website X. The message did not mention whether Huti also undertook to suspend the attacks on Israel.
– We had very good news yesterday evening. Huti announced that they no longer want to fight. They just don't want to fight. And we will respect this, we will stop bombing, they capitulated – Trump said earlier on Tuesday in the White House.
The leader of the Yemenian rebels Abdulmalik al-Huti said that the group would first assess on site whether USA They meet the declaration of suspension of attacks. He added that Huti is still supporting the end of Israeli aggression at the Gaza Strip. According to him, Trump's announcement is the “defeat” of Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “shows the suspension of American help for this country.”
Another high-ranking Huti representative, Mahdi al-Masat announced that his organization would continue “attacks supporting gauze” and recommended the Israeli to “remain in shelters, because the government will not protect them”.
Huti attacks on Israel
Supported by Iran Huti are one of the pages that has been ongoing since 2014 in the civil war in Yemen and control a large part of this country. After the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Zone in the autumn of 2023, Huti began to attack commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of ADEN, declaring that they support Palestinian Hamas. Huti also conducted rocket and drone raids directly to Israel.
The US manages an international coalition, which from the beginning of 2024 fought Huti, trying to secure the key sea trail for the Red Sea for the world trade. In mid -March this year. Trump announced a new offensive. Instead of point retaliation, the American army attacked the goals in Yemen almost every day. At the end of April, the army informed that it attacked over 1000 goals, killing “hundreds of Huti fighters, including numerous commanders.”
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Huti has also intensified attacks on Israel in recent weeks. Most of the bullets are shot down, but on Sunday the ballistic missile fired from Yemen for the first time hit Ben Guriona airport – Israel's main airport. In retaliation, the Israeli airport carried out on Monday and Tuesday raids on Yemen, including the Huti Sea Port in Hudajda and the airport in the capital of Sania.
The US Department of State confirms the suspension of attacks
The announcement of Trump was also confirmed on Tuesday by the spokeswoman of the Tammy Bruce Department, although she admitted that she did not know the details, and could not answer the question whether the agreement with the fighters includes the cessation of attacking only American ships or everyone.
When asked why Huti denied that they would agree to stop attacks, she said that this is a terrorist group and their word does not mean as much as President of the United States. “We look at the actions, not words,” she added.
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Source: PAP
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