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We have a tactic that we must arm" the island group "and make it operative
said Alireza Tangsiri, naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological branch of Iran’s military We are capable of attacking enemy bases, vessels, and assets in the region,
Trump will be conducting a campaign of strikes; something that is sustained without a definite end."
The Houthis could stop this tomorrow if they [agree] to stop shooting at [our] people. But they've clearly chosen not to do that. And so, this campaign will be relentless to degrade their capability and to open up shipping lanes in the region and to defend our homeland."
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell The American aggressor bears full responsibility for the consequences of militarizing the Red Sea and expanding the scope of confrontation by continuing its aggression against Yemen, which negatively affects international shipping."
Yemen's Houthi Military Spokesperson Yahya Sarea We also still have escalation options. If it continues its aggression, we will move to additional escalation options,
He added ... according to a report by the Associated Press Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences,
read the president’s message God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam.
The Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel put young boys on air live, who chanted the group’s slogan The Yemeni position is an irreversible position (regarding Gaza), so do whatever you (Americans) want, for we are men who fear no one but God,
said Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi leader who spoke to the demonstration in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa America has ZERO obligation to keep open the Red Sea and the Suez Canal,
Bannon said in a social media post The US has been backing efforts to dislodge the Houthis for a decade. Trump upping the ante is not going to fundamentally change the world,
I will restore peace in the world, ... Trump will fix it.”
he said as supporters waved signs that read What we are seeing in the last few days is a much more sustained American campaign of airstrikes which will cause more damage to the Houthis,
Thomas Juneau, a Middle East analyst at the University of Ottawa in Canada, told DW For the Trump administration, striking the Houthis is an easy win, a low-hanging fruit in terms of flexing American military power, but whether airstrikes will suffice to break the back of the Houthis is a different, more complicated question,
Burcu Ozcelik, a senior research fellow at the London-based Royal United Services Institute, told DW The Iranian regime has sought to claim distance from the Houthis,
The US strikes this time around have clearly had a higher tolerance for civilian casualties than they did over the last year,
said Niku Jafarnia, Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch The balance of power along the Iranian axis has been shifting to the Houthis in Yemen, which have emerged as the most well-equipped and financed non-state armed group aligned with Iran in the new security landscape following the decline of Hezbollah's defensive and offensive capabilities,
In turn, we are going to need a bit more time to be able to properly assess the current impact,
Most Yemenis now clearly realize that the Houthis have dragged the country into endless conflicts,
said Muammar, a 30-year-old father who asked DW to not publish his full name for fear of reprisal Personally, I wish for their removal by any means except war,
added the 40-year-old, who also asked to use a pseudonym
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