Pentagon threatens to use ‘overwhelming, lethal force’ against Houthis — RT World News

The US campaign to degrade the capabilities of the Yemeni armed group will be “relentless,” spokesman Sean Parnell has said

Washington will continue to strike Houthi militants until they cease their attacks on US Navy ships protecting commercial vessels off Yemen’s coast, the Pentagon’s new spokesman Sean Parnell has said during his first briefing.

On Saturday, US President Donald Trump threatened the Houthis with “powerful military action” aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.

Since October 2023, the Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, have launched multiple drones and missiles at Israeli-bound commercial vessels off Yemen’s coast, disrupting key shipping routes in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The group said that it is acting in support of the Palestinians amid Israel’s military operation in Gaza.

During his briefing on Monday, Parnell insisted that the US will keep using “overwhelming, lethal…

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