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After the Iran-backed party agreed to stop attacking boats on important Middle Eastern shipping routes, US President Donald Trump announced on May 6 that he would order the US to prevent airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
At the start of a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House, Trump declared,” We’re going to prevent the bombing of the Houthis, successful immediately.”
Oman claimed it had mediated the cease-fire and confirmed that the US plan was ending after Trump made the announcement.
According to Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, the deal will be “welcome goal,” neither side will target the additional, including American warships, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of foreign commercial shipping in the future.
In March, Trump pledged to use “overwhelming destructive force” and the United States launched a strategy of air strikes.
In response to Israel’s further blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Houthis announced that they would continue attacks on Israeli ships sailing off Yemen.
Trump claimed on May 6 that the Houthis had told US officials that they “don’t like to fight again.” They simply don’t want to battle. And we’ll carry that out and prevent attacks.
He claimed that the statement means that the Houthis” will not be blowing off ships anymore.”
Since Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza against Hamas, which has been labeled a criminal organization by the US and the EU, after the Israeli violent group launched a deadly assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, the Houthis have been firing at transport in the Red Sea and at Israel.
Oman’s speech did not mention whether the Houthis had consented to cease attacks on Israel.
Mahdi al-Mashat, the mind of Yemen’s Houthi Supreme Political Council, stated that the group may continue to back Gaza.
Separately, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of Yemen’s Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee, stated on X  that the US’s decision to stop its “aggression” against Yemen may become evaluated.
On May 6, Israel’s defense launched airstrikes against the Houthis, calling them to have completely destroyed Sanaa’s international airports. Israel’s problems were in response to a Houthi missile attack on Israel’s foreign airport on May 4.
Gregory Brew, a senior researcher with the Eurasia Group risk-analysis company, reported on X  that the Houthis haven’t fired on a business send since December.
But,” They are likely to keep shooting at Israel,” according to Brew.
The Houthis used missiles and uavs to attack more than 100 merchant vessels between November 2023 and January 2025. That has significantly decreased the flow of business through the Red Sea corridor, where$ 1 trillion of items are usually transported through it each year.
