US to halt bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen, Trump says
by Peter Beaumont from on (#6X3NX)
Donald Trump said the Houthis don't want to fight any more', following air raids by the US, Israel and the UK
The US will halt its bombing campaign against Yemen's Houthis after Donald Trump claimed the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea.
The halt - announced by the US president during an Oval Office meeting with Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, came on a day in which Israel claimed its jets had fully disabled Yemen's main airport, including three civilian aircraft on the ground, in retaliation for a missile strike on Sunday that hit within the perimeter of Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.
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