24 killed as US launches strikes on Yemen's Houthis, Trump warns 'Your time is up'
PTC News Desk: US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) announced "decisive and powerful" military action against Yemen's Houthi rebels, accusing them of piracy, violence and terrorism targeting Americans.
This comes nearly a fortnight after the US redesignated the Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation.
"Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media platform.
Trump said the US would use "overwhelming lethal force" against the Houthis, while accusing them of 'choking' transportation through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which have affected the trade and commerce and "attacked" the principle of Freedom of Navigation.
"The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important Waterways of the World, grinding vast swaths of Global Commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of Freedom of Navigation upon which International Trade and Commerce depends," Trump said.
- ANI
