Updated on May 6, 2025, at 2:13 pm EST
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US will stop bombing Yemen, claiming the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, said they would “not be blowing up ships anymore.”
The president said that the Houthis said “they don’t want to fight anymore” and “we will honor that.”
“We will stop the bombings. They have capitulated… we will take their word that they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that’s the purpose of what we were doing,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of Ansar Allah’s political bureau, said in a statement after Trump’s announcement that the Houthis will stop attacks on US assets in the region if the US stops bombing Yemen but vowed operations against Israel will continue until there’s a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the blockade on the Palestinian territory.
“Our military operations in support of Gaza will not cease until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade on its residents is lifted, allowing the entry of food, medicine, and fuel,” al-Bukhaiti said in a post on X.
“As for our attacks on the US, they fall within the context of the right to self-defense. If it halts its attacks on us, we will halt our attacks on it. This position also applies to Britain,” he added.
Al-Bukhaiti made the same offer to the US in an interview with Drop Site News back on April 10.
Mahdi al-Mashat, the head of Ansar Allah’s Supreme Political Council, also vowed attacks on Israel will continue, warning Israelis to “remain in shelters because their government will not be able to protect them.”
Al-Mashat also said that the Houthis “indirectly informed the Americans that continued escalation will affect the criminal Trump’s visit to the region.” Middle East Eye reported that Saudi Arabia pressed Trump to end the bombing campaign in Yemen before his visit to the Kingdom, which will begin on May 13.
Trump said the US would stop bombing Yemen “effective immediately.” A Pentagon official told CNN that the US military had been given a stand-down order to stop strikes on Yemen on Monday night, although US airstrikes were reported in the country early Tuesday morning Yemen time. Israel also launched heavy airstrikes against the Sanaa International Airport and other targets in the capital.
According to the CNN report, Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, worked over the past week to reach a ceasefire with the Houthis in talks facilitated by Oman.
Oman’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Muscat was involved in the talks and released a statement on the ceasefire deal. “In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping,” the ministry said.
The Houthis stopped attacks on Israel and on Red Sea shipping when the short-lived Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19. After Israel violated the deal by imposing a total blockade on Gaza, the Houthis announced they would re-impose the blockade on Israeli shipping.
It was in response to that announcement that the Trump administration launched its bombing campaign in Yemen on March 15. Since then, the US has launched over 1,000 strikes on Yemen, killing more than 200 civilians.
Actions speak louder than words… …. ….
Yet another WTF moment in Trumps erratics: right away senior Yemeni leader said that they will continue their support for Gaza, quote from RT:
"…said they would “not be blowing up ships anymore.""
Whose ships does Trump mean ? I would have to assume civilian shipping to & from the ASI has taken alternative routes (insurance sure as s**t won't cover them anywhere near Yemen) and the only attacks we've heard of have been against US Navy ships.
So does this lend credibility to suggestions that Navy ships have taken more of a beating than the Pentagon has let on ?
Let's make it simple… Houthis have damaged US navy ships…!
Only in your fantasy world. Like your fantasy you posted about Israel land based aircraft landing on US aircraft carriers. No US ships have been damaged.
That is true… otherwise Houthis would have attacked Israeli ships in Red Sea…!
"So does this lend credibility to suggestions that Navy ships have taken more of a beating than the Pentagon has let on ?" No. No. US Navy ships have been hit.
Yes to your questions…! because…:
How many ships Houthis have blown up mr. president…?!
In other words, Trump announces defeat at the hands of Houthi rebels after failing to quell them with more war crimes.
Second F/A-18 Super Hornet Lost in Red Sea from USS Harry S. Truman
Economist estimated $200 billion spent on the Yemen war.
What have they achieved?
Redirecting missiles towards US personnel instead of Israel
Another fabricated story…! The Main Reason: falling on the polls…!
Out of seven polls on RealClearPolling since Friday, four have Trump with positive polling.
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That's quite a distorted interpretation.
It will be interesting to see if this truce or ceasefire or whatever it is holds up. Will Houthis still fire on Israel? Is Israel done playing around the next time the Houthis fire at them? If Houthis fire on an international ship will the US considered that breaking the truce? Time will tell.
No mention as to WHY the Houthis are doing what they are doing. You are a good little troll.
Do you really know why the Houthis do what they do? I doubt it. Firing on US warships is one of the stupidest things they could have done. Firing at Israel is also not so bright. What did they get for all their efforts? Wreck power plants, docks, factories and airport. Their small airline has lost nearly half of its fleet. And for what? To support Gaza in their efforts to kill more Israelis?
Do you really not understand what standing on Solidarity entails?
The Houthis clearly do.
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It's not hard to figure out why. They've stated their reasons many times. Stop the genocide and they stop their attacks. They kept their word during the "ceasefire". You are either against the genocide or you are for the genocide. The Houthis are against. It's really that simple.
Likely realised it was too expensive and too ineffective.
How many $ to fly a B2 from Diego Garcia to Yemen and back?
How many $ to keep 2 aircraft carriers & support fleets operating?
How many $ to fly the 100's of FA18 sorties?
And, of course, all the bombs dropped and all the air defense missiles?
Some of those costs you mention exists regardless of what the equipment is being used for.
"Likely realised [attacking Yemen] was too expensive and too ineffective."
"Too expensive"? No – US has shifted to proxy attacks: now Israel is bombing with its heavily US-subsided military.
So – as with Ukraine, and as with Israel's war criminal siege of Gaza – the attacks are still enabled by the US, and still at major US taxpayer expense.
"How big is Israel’s military and how much funding does it get from the US?" AlJazeera, 10/11/23
Yemen only started attacking US ships because US ships started bombing Yemen.
US ships only started bombing Yemen because Yemen said it would blockade Israel.
Yemen said it would blockade Israel, because Israel refused to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, per the terms of the ceasefire Trump hammered out.
Either way, if the US stops bombing Yemen, that'll be a good thing.
"Yemen only started attacking US ships because US ships started bombing Yemen." Is it not remarkable how few of us know this fact!? How many of us believe Yemen is bombing us for no reason whatsoever!? The fact that you had to say it because nobody else is saying it IS FU@KING AMAZING!!!!!!
Declassified UK had reported that the UK joined in bombing Yemen. Israel is now bombing Yemen.
So is Trump splitting what little hairs he has? Technically the US won’t bomb but will furnish and direct the bombs?
New Puerto Rico has joined Trump? Well, I had a slight hope that this time they would stay away from unncessary genocidal trouble but seems was a vain hope with Kid Starver, the ultra-Zionist MI6 agent, at the helm.
Good question: https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1919908056080523481
The plan moving forward is to keep everybody in line with self censorship by labeling such as "The Woke Right." More meaningless "Identity Politics." More "divide and conquer."
Interesting that the day after Bibi bombs the Houthis, Trump orders US bombings against the Houthis to stop.
Passing the baton.
Or perhaps reacting to Bibi's disobedience of him.
"Or perhaps reacting to Bibi's disobedience of him."
don't think so – having a proxy do it is more likely a move to maintain the obviously false 'peace president' idea, allows the 'deniability' claim that it's not directly killing yemen civilians.
So, like a punishment? And it's in the form of only providing the munitions for Israel to drop on Yemen instead of the US doing it for them? I hope Bibi learned his lesson. /s
Trump is trying to negotiate a peace agreement with Iran. Israel bombing Yemen (probably against Trump's wishes) wouldn't help that objective at all.
But Iran was fine with the US bombing Yemen? And if Israel bombed Yemen against Trump's wishes, why doesn't Trump punish Israel?
The Houthis were firing on our ships in the Red Sea. Is that acceptable to you?
Hell yes. They wouldn't have been firing on them if the US wasn't enabling Israel's genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza. Is genocide acceptable to you?
Another F-18 has been lost off of Truman in Red Sea…!
The more they lose, including ammo and bombs the better off the world will be.
For second time in 8 days, U.S. fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red Sea
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-fighter-jet-assigned-to-uss-truman-lost-red-sea-second-time/
Let this passes by a week before believe it…! As Trump could change his mind after Saudi Arabia visit…!
Trump always change him mind and the narrative. Tariffs are on, Tariffs are off. Ukraine bad, Ukraine good. Russia good, Russia still good, Russia may not be so good. On and on it goes.
Most likely he ended the pointless bombings BECAUSE of the upcoming trip to The Kingdom
Here’s your hat! What’s your hurry?!…..
The bombing never should have started in the 1st place.
Time for the eocon yawn!!!….
Followed by other bodily functions….
Neocon farts?…. …. …. ….
So Houthis will bomb Israel and trump will blame breaking the imaginary ceasefire on Iran.
God bless the Houthis!