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A plume of smoke billows during a US strike on Yemen's Huthi-held capital Sanaa early on March 16, 2025. The first US strikes against Yemen's Huthis since President Donald Trump took office in January killed at least 31 people, the rebels said on March 16, as Washington warned Iran to stop backing the group. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Orders Strikes On Yemen’s Houthis, Killing At Least 31: ‘Your Time Is Up’

On Saturday, President Donald Trump ordered a series of airstrikes within Yemen, targeting Houthi-controlled areas in response to the terror groups attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.

TOPSHOT - Huthi fighters brandish their weapons during a protest following US and British forces strikes, in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 12, 2024 amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza. US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen early on January 12, after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed Huthis who say they act in solidarity with Gaza. The pre-dawn air strikes add to escalating fears of wider conflict in the region, where violence involving Tehran-aligned groups in Yemen as well as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria has surged since the Israel-Hamas was began in early October. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

State Department Designates The Houthis As An Official Foreign Terrorist Organization

The U.S. State Department, under the Trump administration, designated the Yemen-based Houthis as an official Foreign Terrorist Organization on Tuesday.

This picture taken on July 8, 2021 shows a view of the Ain al-Assad air base hosting US forces in Iraq in the western Anbar province, a day after fourteen rockets were fired at the base. - Fourteen rockets were fired on July 7 at an air base hosting American troops in the western province of Anbar, causing minor injuries to two personnel, the coalition said. The rockets "landed on the base & perimeter" of the Ain al-Assad base, the coalition spokesman tweeted, adding that local homes and a mosque were also damaged. Iraqi security forces said the rocket launcher had been hidden inside a truck carrying bags of flour. (Photo by Ayman HENNA / AFP) (Photo by AYMAN HENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Executes Retaliatory Airstrikes Against Iran-Supported Militias In Iraq

In response to ballistic missiles that were fired into the Al-Assad airbase, which resulted in traumatic brain injuries to four American servicemen, the United States launched staged airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq.