The U.S. mass strike campaign against Yemen against Houthi targets will “continue to be out of place” until Iran-backed agents promise to back off U.S. assets, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Said Sunday.
He told Maria Bartiromo, host of “Sunday Morning Futures” that Hossis said ‘We will stop shooting at your ship when we will stop shooting at your ship, we will stop shooting, but until then, it will be relentless.
“It launched a series of actions, including a precise strike against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, to defend the interests of the United States, weaken the enemy and restore freedom of navigation,” the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held a NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting on February 13, 2025 at the Brussels Union headquarters in Belgium. (Reuters/Yves Hermann)
President Donald Trump He wrote in a Truth Society post on Saturday: “He ordered the U.S. military to launch decisive and powerful military operations Houthi terrorists in Yemen. ”
Hegseth tried to “very clear” Sunday that the ongoing movement was about “freedom of navigation” and “restoring deterrence.”
He said: “A era of peace, it is back through strength…”
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“We’ve been sitting for four years Joe Biden’s delayed maintenanceWhen you talk about Huthis, they were allowed to shoot over 100 times on American ships to shoot in commercial transport. Four months ago, when we sent a ship, it shot at 17 times. The ship could not go through more than a year without being shot. ”
He called aviation freedom the “core national interest”, reaffirming Trump’s vow to restore freedom and “relax” in doing so.
Saturday’s action marks the first strike against Iran-backed Husie since the start of the second Trump administration.
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Danielle Wallace of Fox News contributed to the report.
