President Donald Trump has warned Houthi terrorists to cease their attacks against Red Sea shipping or ‘hell will rain down upon you’ – while also cautioning Iran to cease their support, as the US launched a series of military strikes over Yemen.
Trump ordered the ‘decisive and powerful’ military action over the capital of Sanaa on Saturday afternoon.
At least 13 civilians have been killed and nine injured so far, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.
The US President confirmed in a post on Truth Social that ‘overwhelming lethal force’ would be used until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor.
A US official speaking on condition of anonymity said the military action could last days or perhaps weeks.
It comes just hours after one of Islamic State’s top leaders in Iraq was ‘relentlessly hunted down’ and killed in a US-led airstrike on Friday.
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah, was considered one of the ‘most dangerous terrorists in the world’, according to Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
On Saturday, in a determined post about the latest strikes, Trump wrote: ‘To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP….’
Smoke rises from a location reportedly struck by US airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen on Saturday
At least nine civilians have been killed and nine injured so far following the US strikes over Sanaa, according to the Houthi-run health ministry
Dust rises from the site of strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, pictured on Saturday evening
