Trump Says US Will Halt Airstrikes on Houthis After Group Agrees to Stop Attacking Shipping Lanes

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Trump says U.S. will immediately stop bombing Houthi militants in Yemen

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will stop airstrikes on Houthi militants in Yemen effective immediately. "We will stop the bombings," Trump said. Trump made the announcement as he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House. He said Houthi rebels informed the U.S. that they don't want to fight anymore and the administration would honor that request. "They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word," he said. "They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore."

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Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis after agreement struck

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen after the Iran-aligned group agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East. In an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump announced the Houthis have said that they no longer want to fight but did not elaborate on the message. "They said please don't bomb us any more and we're not going to attack your ships," Trump said. There was no immediate response from the Houthis.

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Trump claims Houthis ‘don’t want to fight’ and says US will stop bombing campaign

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the U.S. will stop its bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen after the terrorist group told him they "don't want to fight." "They just don't want to fight," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. "They just don't want to, and we will honor that. We will stop the bombings." Trump said the bombings on Houthi targets will stop "effectively immediately." Secretary of State Marco Rubio then said the "job" was to get attacks on ships in the region to stop. "If that's going to stop, we will stop," he added.

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Trump announces US will stop bombing Houthis
The military has struck at least 800 targets in Yemen and killed hundreds of Houthis since March, according to U.S. Central Command.
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Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis after they 'capitulated'
The Houthis have launched attacks on Israeli and US-linked ships in the Red Sea. The shipping lane serves a key trade route between Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Mr Trump in March ordered new strikes against the Houthis and said the "barbarians" would be "completely annihilated"
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Donald Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis in Yemen
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Trump reveals he will end U.S. strikes on the Houthis immediately
'They have capitulated. They just don't want to fight anymore. And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings,' he said in the Oval Office during a meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. He said he believed them when they said they'd no longer blow up ships in the Red Sea.
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Trump Says Houthis to End Ship Attacks, US Will Cease Bombing
President Donald Trump said the US would cease bombing the Houthi rebels in Yemen, after he said the group indicated to his administration that they would cease attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
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U.S. will stop bombing Yemen after Houthis “capitulated,” Trump says
he Houthi attacks had snarled global shipping, and Trump ordered nearly two months of relentless strikes on Yemen targeting the group.
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Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis after terror group says it doesn't want to fight anymore
Houthis rebels in Yemen began disrupting international shipping in the Red Sea after the start of the 2023 war between Israel and Hamas. The Houthis are backed by Iran, which supports the Palestinians, who are led by Hamas, in the war. Trump: "We will stop the bombings and they have capitulated. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore"
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Trump says US ‘will stop’ bombing Yemen’s Houthis, claims ‘they don’t want to fight anymore’
Trump says US ‘will stop’ bombing Yemen’s Houthis, claims ‘they don’t want to fight anymore’ The Houthis have repeatedly attacked ships traversing the Red Sea since Hamas’ attack on Israel. The Trump administration had been carrying out retaliatory strikes meant to deter the Houthis.
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Houthis surrender to US in five-word plea to Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Houthi's have agreed to stop bombing ships. Trump said the Houthis have announced that they are not, or they've announced to us at least that they don't want to fight anymore. "They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore," Trump said.
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U.S. Halts Yemen Bombing Amid Houthi Peace Talks
U.S. will stop bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen. Houthis have agreed to stop disrupting vital shipping routes in the Middle East. Decision comes amid increased tensions following clashes between the Houthis and Israel. The Houthis are yet to respond officially to the President's announcement.
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