US warships have shot down roughly a dozen Houthi drones since President Donald Trump launched airstrikes in opposition to the terrorist group on Saturday, Fox Information has realized.
A senior protection official instructed Fox Information of the developments on Sunday.
The drones had been aimed on the US Navy’s Truman Service Strike Group, and had been shot down “well before” they posed a critical menace, the official added.
The newest army motion got here after practically a yr and a half of assaults from Houthis, each on business service provider vessels and US army ships.
In a Fact Social submit on Saturday, Trump wrote that he had “ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.”
“It has been over a year since a US-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden,” Trump continued. “The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times.”
Trump wrote that the “relentless assaults have cost the US and World Economy many BILLIONS of Dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk.”
“To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!” his submit concluded.
Trump re-designated the Houthis as a overseas terrorist group (FTO) in January. His first administration had named the Houthis as an FTO, however the Biden administration later reversed the transfer.
On Sunday, the White Home launched images of Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Nationwide Safety Adviser Mike Waltz monitoring the strikes.
“President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats,” the White Home wrote on X. “For too long American economic & national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency.”
Fox Information Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
