News / Houthis tell Trump they will end attacks on Red Sea shipping

US president Donald Trump today claimed the Iran-backed Houthi militia has agreed to end attacks on shipping transiting the Red Sea.

Speaking from the Oval Office, alongside new Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, Mr Trump said the news had “just filtered through this morning” in the wake of a wave of attacks by Israel and the US on Yemen’s Hodeidah Port.

“The Houthis have announced to us that they don’t want to fight anymore; they just don’t want to fight,” he told reporters.

“We will honour that and we will stop the bombings. They have capitulated. We will take their word

“This is very positive. They were taking out a lot of ships. I will accept their word. We will stop the bombing of the Houthis, effective immediately.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the purpose of the strikes on Hodeidah had been to prompt an end to Houthi attacks.