The State Department responded by imposing fresh restrictions on networks that help the extremist group financially and through procurement.
Trump issued a direct message to Tehran on Monday: The United States will hit Iran next if the attacks continue.
“These guys are like al Qaeda or ISIS with advanced cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and some of the most sophisticated air defenses, all provided by Iran,
” National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said on CBS’ Face the Nation. Trump’s film coincides with a larger strategy that hasn’t been able to completely eliminate the Houthi danger thus far.
The Red Sea is still unstable in spite of US and UK airstrikes and the coalition’s Operation Prosperity Guardian, which was launched last year to safeguard shipping lanes.
According to the Daily Mail, commercial shipping through the Suez Canal has decreased by 50% more than a year after Houthi strikes started in reaction to the Israel-Hamas war.