The leader of Ansarullah, the jihadist terror organization commonly known as the Houthis, announced a new campaign “against American and Israeli oppression” in an unhinged speech on Sunday, threatening to “escalate” against American military assets in the Middle East.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi terrorist organization governing most of Yemen, was responding to an airstrike campaign against his group that President Donald Trump announced on Saturday. In a message published on his social media outlet Truth Social, Trump said he had approved “aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses” in response to the years-long Houthi initiative to disrupt global trade passing through and near the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas. The Houthis have been attacking commercial ships — including, on some occasions, ships affiliated with their allies such as Russia, China, and Iran — since shortly after Hamas invaded Israel in October 2023, killing over 1,000 civilians in an unprecedented massacre.
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