Yemen: Is the US-Houthi deal the end of Red Sea attacks?

Yemen: Is the US-Houthi deal the end of Red Sea attacks?

Hours after Israel's retaliatory response to the attacks by the Yemeni Houthi militia, Oman brokered a ceasefire between the US and Yemen. Is the conflict in the Red Sea and with Israel coming to an end?

David Jones: We must end the Houthis’ campaign of terror within Yemen

David Jones, is a former Secretary of State for Wales, Brexit Minister and Conservative MP There’s a lot of the following doing the rounds: ‘The Houthis are a minor annoyance, a small rebel group causing some slight disruption to shipping in a remote part of the world’ ‘Hardly a significant threat to the UK or its interests. Even their attacks on Israel amount to little more than a trivial nuisance that is easily repelled by that country’s remar…

The Huthi not only send missiles to Israel, but also to trading ships in the Red Sea. The US flew numerous air raids on Yemen to stop the Huthi. Unsuccessful. Now both parties have agreed on a ceasefire. On 7 May, the US and the Huthi government of Yemen agreed on a ceasefire media report. This agreement was negotiated by Oman. US President Trump announced that he would no longer attack Yemen by air raids.

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Shipping lines are bracing for fresh financial turbulence as ocean carriers prepare to resume transits through the Suez Canal, following the United States’ ceasefire with Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The expected uptick in maritime traffic through the strategic waterway may provide an economic reprieve for Egypt, but it is poised to unsettle freight markets already buckling