Trump says the United States will stop bombing Houthi militants

President Trump abruptly announced on Tuesday that the United States would hire the Houthi militia after saying that the group supported by Iraner told the United States that “they no longer want to fight”.

“You just don't want to fight,” said Mr. Trump during a meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister in the Oval Office. “And we will honor and we will stop the bomb attacks. You have surrendered, but what is more important, we will take your word. You say you will no longer hunt ships.”

According to Mr. Trump's statement, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a high-ranking Houthi politician, said that the Houthis would stop their attacks on a smaller group:

However, Mr. al-Bukhaiti said that the Houthis would continue the military operations “to support Gaza” until Israel raises its siege in the enclave: “No matter the victims, even if we have to fight until the day of the court.”

His explanation unclear whether the Houthis would stop hindering international shipping what the goal of the American bomb campaign was. The Houthis insisted that they would continue to hit ships connected to Israel, but in the past the militia has to the ships and no obvious connection to Israel or the United States.

“I am skeptical that the Houthis no longer want to fight,” said Gregory Johnsen, a former member of the Jemen expert committee of the United Nations Security Council. “The Houthis may have proposed privately or said that it would no longer be targeted for us – although I have not seen any evidence of this – but I doubt that they will stop overall.”