(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday during a White House press conference that the US will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen and the Houthis have agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
Under the agreement, brokered by Oman, neither the US nor the Houthis will target the other, including US vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait. Several countries in the region have welcomed these positive developments.
In the first official statement after the ceasefire was announced, Mahdi al-Mashat, Chairman of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, said the group will continue to attack Israel in support of the Palestinian struggle in the Gaza Strip.