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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, and those consequences will be dire!”
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday
Iran has played ‘the innocent victim’ of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control,
Trump alleged in his postIf that means they're targeting ships that they have put in to—to help their Iranian trainers, IRGC and others, that intelligence, other things that they have put in to help the Houthis attack the global economy, those targets will be on the table, too,
Waltz said
We will hold not only the Houthis accountable, but we're going to hold Iran, their backers, accountable as well,
Waltz stated, warningTo all Houthi terrorists, Your time is up, and your attacks must stop, starting today. If the don't, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before
he said
In response to this aggression, the armed forces conducted a military operation targeting the U.S. aircraft carrier U.S.S Harry Truman and its accompanying warships,
the group said in a statementIf the American aggression against our country continues, we will move to additional escalatory options,
he saidOur response will be provided through the appropriate channels once the assessment is complete,
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told a news conference in Tehran
These were not kind of pinprick, back and forth, what ultimately proved to be feckless attacks,
Waltz saidIt has been over a year since a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden,
Trump continued
We will respond to the American enemy in its raids, in its attacks, with missile strikes, by targeting its aircraft carrier, its warships, its ships,
al-Houthi added
We are not a nation to live in hiding. We are a valid and legitimate system in the world. We announce it if we attack anywhere,
Salami was quoted as saying by ABC NewsWe don't care what happens in the Yemeni civil war,
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China opposes any action that escalates the situation in the Red Sea,
foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular briefing
Military units responded to the sources of the fire with appropriate weapons, reinforced their deployment, and maintained security,
the Lebanese army saidHundreds of thousands lack clean water and sanitation. Water is a basic human right that no one should be denied,
Unicef said in a post on X on MondayThe nation of #Yemen is definitely victorious. The only path is that of resistance,
he posted on his X accountWe 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
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 NewsweekReality 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