US strikes rebel group Houthis in Yemen

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At least 24 people lost their lives as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered large-scale military strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday.

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00:00Here's some more breaking news it's coming in United States strikes rebel

00:04group Houthis in Yemen. Large-scale military strikes against Houthis. At least 19 have

00:09been killed so far in US strikes on Houthis. Trump tells Houthis stop or hell

00:14will rain down. This is the biggest US military operation in the Middle East

00:18since Trump came to power. Trump warns Iran to halt support to Houthis. My

00:24colleague Gaurav Sawant is joining me on the phone line with more details. Gaurav

00:27we're learning that US has struck rebel group Houthis in Yemen and 19

00:33have been killed so far. Trump has warned Iran to halt support to Houthis. What

00:37more can you tell us on this? This is a massive airstrike that has taken place

00:42on Houthi rebels. You know it's a very very state major statement of intent

00:49that comes to US President Donald Trump. You've read out what he posted on

00:55when he said that he's ordered the US armed forces to carry out strikes on the

00:59Houthi terrorists as he's called them. The Houthi rebels are a very strong

01:04support system of Iran and it's not just in you know the Iran-Israel conflict

01:11which started with Hamas attacking Israel on the 7th of October 2023. The

01:16Houthis and the Hezbollah supporting you know the Hamas in carrying out joint

01:23strikes at Israel. But look at it the other way how it's impacting

01:28adversely impacting the entire world with Houthi rebels or Houthi terrorists

01:32targeted and it's difficult for commercial shipping to take place in the

01:39Red Sea region beyond you know to cross the Suez Canal and trade and commerce

01:45between Asia and you know the United States of America and Europe

01:51transatlantic trade and commerce was adversely impacted from this region

01:57because Houthi rebels would target shipping lanes of communication because

02:01the retaliation had been so poor in the past that their guts increased and they'd

02:06even targeted US warships and there was a very limp response during the Biden

02:11administration but the US President Donald Trump has promised massive

02:17retaliation and this is just the beginning of that massive retaliation so

02:21initial information since it's still happening they are targeting the missile

02:26silos and missile launch bases and their ability and the ability of the Houthis

02:32to strike you know Red Sea region. It remains to be seen how much will this be

02:38intensified you know whether their ports will be destroyed whether their

02:41leadership will be taken out. These 19 deaths is just perhaps the tip of the

02:46iceberg. It's a huge development that's taking place. Absolutely Gaurav and you

02:51know this is also coming at a time when the United States has ramped up

02:55sanction pressure on Tehran while also trying to bring it to the negotiating

02:58table over its nuclear program so how does that play out here? All of it all of

03:03it are tactics to isolate Iran in fact and that is that is what also explains

03:08Iran's response but you're absolutely right he's trying to get Iran to give up

03:13on nuclear weapons something that Iran does not want to do and their leadership

03:18has made that very clear the way Israel has targeted the Hezbollah before the

03:24Hezbollah Hamas they've taken out the Islamic Jihad the terrorists they've

03:28targeted the leadership in Syria unfortunately Syria is in chaos ever

03:33since Bashar al-Assad was compelled to leave and is in hiding in Russia so it

03:38just goes on to show the entire support system or the axis of resistance as Iran

03:44called it the entire support system has been destroyed or is in disarray Hamas

03:50terrorists most of the leadership is dead Hezbollah terrorists most of their

03:54leadership are dead Bashar al-Assad has been forced to leave his country his

03:59country now virtually in the hands of Islamic State terrorists you know and

04:04which means massive chaos in Syria so Iran increasingly is isolated now with

04:09Houthis being targeted remember Houthis in the past have even targeted Saudi

04:13Arabia and their Aramco oil network their oil pipelines so it's a huge action

04:21that that we take it by Donald Trump right now many analysts have argued why

04:26didn't Biden do this this should have happened much earlier it started

04:30happening it remains to be seen how intense will it be in the days and weeks

04:34ahead to ensure that feelings of communication are restored once again a

04:38promise that was made by Donald Trump absolutely Gaurav thank you for bringing

04:42us those details on that story

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