WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran, stating that the country would be held accountable for any actions taken by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Republican leader issued the warning on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, signing the post with his name.
“Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN,” Trump wrote.
“Any further attack or retaliation by the ‘Houthis’ will be met with great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there.”
The Houthis have carried out multiple assaults on Israeli vessels and various commercial ships in the Red Sea, expressing their opposition to Israel’s military actions in Gaza and the blockade restricting humanitarian aid to the region.
Analysts commonly recognize that Iran plays a significant role in supplying arms to the Houthis, who are viewed as part of an informal “axis of resistance” that receives backing from Iran.
