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Trump's renewed attacks on Yemen is a repeat of Biden's failed strategy. Intensifying the attacks is not likely to change that reality. If the goal is to end the Houthis attacks on ships in the Red Sea, then the only time that has occurred is when there's been a working ceasefire in Gaza."
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think-tank that advocates for a U.S. foreign policy centered on diplomacy and military restraint told Newsweek We have always declared, and we declare today, that the Yemenis are an independent and free nation in their own land and have an independent national policy."
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Hossein Salami reinforced this position Reality is that there is no vital U.S. interest here that justifies this bombing campaign. The valid goals of protecting the sea lanes are much more effectively achieved by ending the war in Gaza rather than sparking a new war in Yemen."
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft told Newsweek The United States government has no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy. That era ended in 1979."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated The nation of #Yemen is definitely victorious. The only path is that of resistance,
he posted on his X account That which has caused the US and its allies to panic today is the fact that the Muslim nations are standing firmly and that this resistance will prove to be effective."
If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won't be nice about it!"
U.S. President Donald Trump defended the strikes, warning Iran I want to be very clear, this campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring deterrence,
Hegseth said in a televised Fox Business interview I've been living in Sanaa for 10 years, hearing shelling throughout the war. By God, I've never experienced anything like this before."
One father of two, who gave his name as Ahmed, told the AFP news agency We just hit them with overwhelming force and put Iran on notice that enough is enough."
Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies,
Trump said on social media, The American aggression is a failure and will continue to fail. It will not achieve their goals of making us back down from our position or undermining our country's military capabilities, because we are living a jihadist experience and have been resisting American aggression for many years. We will respond to escalation with escalation, targeting their aircraft carriers and warships, and imposing a blockade on their ships."
Ansar Allah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the brutal U.S. and UK airstrikes on various regions of Yemen, which resulted in the martyrdom and injury of dozens, including innocent women and children."
They did shoot at an F-16 a few weeks back after the FTO [designation] and downed an MQ-9 saying it was in Hodeidah airspace; but in terms of shipping, they’ve abided by what they said they were going to do,
Our position is clear and our demand is simple: lifting the siege on Gaza and saving the people of Gaza from starvation.”
Nassrudin Amer, a Houthi spokesman, wrote on X [Trump’s] strikes were very clearly going after Houthi leadership, and didn’t seem to care if any civilians got in the way,
Nick Brumfield, an independent Yemen analyst, told Al Jazeera End support for Israeli genocide and terrorism,
he posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday Targeting civilians demonstrates America’s inability to confront the situation,
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