The Iran-backed group said it has assured the Trump administration it won’t attack U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.

On Monday, Houthi fighters pushed to seize strategic heights in Yemen to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces.

THE RAF will help combat Houthi terrorists targeting ships in a key trade route. A military jet is being sent to assist Saudi Arabia in repelling the Iran-backed militia, who are causing havoc in

The Houthi capture of ground overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has dealt Saudi Arabia its ⁠gravest ⁠setback in Yemen in years, exposing intelligence failures, the collapse of Yemeni allies ⁠and the limits of U.

A Houthi ballistic missile struck an Aramco jet-fuel depot near Riyadh’s international airport, a major escalation in the war between Yemen’s Iran-backed militants and Saudi Arabia.

For two weeks, the question of whether to yield to pleas from Saudi Arabia and order the U.S. military to strike targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis has bedeviled President Donald Trump.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia was engaged in fierce battles with the Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen on Sunday, as it seeks to maintain momentum in the war.