Trump announces deal to stop bombing Houthis, end shipping attacksTopic:Unrest, Conflict and War1h ago1 hours agoTue 6 May 2025 at 10:47pmDonald Trump says the Houthis have asked the US to stop bombing them. (Reuters: Kai Pfaffenbach)In short: President Donald Trump has announced the US will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen "effective immediately".Oman says it has mediated a ceasefire deal between the Houthis and the US.What's next?The statement from Oman did not mention whether the Houthis had agreed to stop attacks on Israel.abc.net.au/news/trump-says-us-to-stop-bombing-houthis-yemen-group-ends-attack/105261878Link copiedShareShare articlePresident Donald Trump says the US will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen after the Iran-aligned group agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.Following the announcement, Oman said it had mediated the ceasefire deal, marking a major shift in Houthi policy since the start of Israel's war in Gaza in October 2023.Why is the US attacking Yemen's Houthis? Photo shows Four Houthis holding up rifles and wearing scarves around their heads.The US has launched its biggest military operation in the Middle East against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis since Donald Trump took office. How did we get here? Under the agreement, neither the US nor the Houthis would target the other, including US vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oman said in a statement.The statement from Oman did not mention whether the Houthis had agreed to stop attacks on Israel. The head of Yemen's Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, said the group would continue to support Gaza and that such attacks would continue."To all Zionists from now on, stay in shelters or leave to your countries immediately as your failed government will not be able to protect you after today," Houthi-run Al Masirah TV cited him as saying.Separately, in a social media post on X, the head of Yemen's Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, said the US' halt of "aggression" against Yemen would be evaluated.The US intensified strikes on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis this year to stop attacks on Red Sea shipping. Rights activists have raised concerns over civilian casualties."They said, please don't bomb us any more, and we're not going to attack your ships," Mr Trump said of the Houthis during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. "And I will accept their word, and we are going to stop the bombing of the Houthis effective immediately."Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike on Houthi infrastructure in Sana'a, Yemen on May 6. (Reuters: Khaled Abdullah)The Houthis have been firing at Israel and at shipping in the Red Sea since Israel began its military offensive against Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian militant group's deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.The US military has said it has struck more than 1,000 targets since its current operation in Yemen, known as Operation Rough Rider, started on March 15. The strikes, the US military said, had killed "hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders."Houthi, Israeli strikes Tensions have been high since the Gaza war began but have risen further since a Houthi missile landed near Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, prompting Israeli air strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah port on Monday.The Israeli military carried out an air strike on Yemen's main airport in Sana'a on Tuesday, its second attack in two days on Iran-aligned Houthi rebels after a surge in tensions between the group and IsraelKey moments from Trump and Carney's Oval Office chatPhoto shows Mark Carney and Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office.The cordial tone of the leaders' meeting mostly belied the bitter trade war being fought by their countries.Under former president Joe Biden's administration, the US and Britain retaliated with air strikes against Houthi targets in an effort to keep open the crucial Red Sea trading route — the path for about 15 per cent of global shipping traffic.Trump did not say whether Britain had also agreed to the ceasefire.After Trump became US president in January, he decided to significantly intensify air strikes against the Houthis. The campaign came after the Houthis said they would resume attacks on Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden.On April 28, a suspected US air strike hit a migrant centre in Yemen. 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