Trump Says US Will Stop Houthi Strikes After Oman-Brokered Deal
The rubble of a building destroyed by the United States aerial attacks in Sana'a, Yemen, on March 20.
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President Donald Trump said the US would stop its bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen after a ceasefire was facilitated by Oman, even as the group pledged to keep targeting Israel over its Gaza campaign.
“They just don’t want to fight,” Trump said in an Oval Office Tuesday morning during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated. But more importantly, we will take their word.”