The Trump administration has made good on another one of its promises: to bring the fight to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels based in Yemen. The Houthis have been terrorizing international shipping since November 2023, in response to Israel’s war against Iranian-backed Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip following the October 7 terrorist attack against Israel.
Since then, the Houthis have sustained disruptive missile attacks aimed at global shipping in both the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait.While former President Joe Biden took some action to defend international shipping—notably launching “Operation Prosperity Guardian,” a lukewarm deterrent mission against the Houthis—the new Trump administration has taken decisive action. A multi-day aerial blitz directed against strategic targets in Yemen has been conducted.
