U.S. warships have shot down roughly a dozen Houthi drones since President Donald Trump launched airstrikes in opposition to the terrorist group on Saturday, Fox Information has discovered.
A senior protection official instructed Fox Information of the developments on Sunday. The drones had been aimed on the U.S. Navy’s Truman Provider Strike Group, and had been shot down “well before” they posed a critical risk, the official added.
The most recent army motion got here after practically a 12 months and a half of assaults from Houthis, each on business service provider vessels and U.S. army ships. In a Fact Social put up on Saturday, Trump wrote that he had “ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.”
“It has been over a 12 months since a U.S.-flagged business ship safely sailed by means of the Suez Canal, the Pink Sea, or the Gulf of Aden,” Trump continued. “The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times.”
US NAVY SHIPS REPEL ATTACK FROM HOUTHIS IN GULF OF ADEN
U.S. warships intercepted and shot down round a dozen Houthi drones since President Donald Trump’s airstrikes had been launched on Mar. 15. (Getty Photos/AP)
Trump wrote that the “relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and World Economy many BILLIONS of Dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk.”
“To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!” his put up concluded.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home on February 26, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)
Trump re-designated the Houthis as a international terrorist group (FTO) in January. His first administration had named the Houthis as an FTO, however the Biden administration later reversed the transfer.
On Sunday, the White Home launched pictures of Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Nationwide Safety Adviser Mike Waltz monitoring the strikes.
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President Trump is taking motion in opposition to the Houthis to defend U.S. transport property and deter terrorist threats, the White Home posted on X on March 15, 2025. (The White Home)
“President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats,” the White Home wrote on X. “For too long American economic & national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency.”
Fox Information Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
