President Donald Trump says Iran will be held responsible and punished for subsequent attacks carried out by the Houthis on any commercial vessel in the Red Sea.
Mr Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the Yemen group is a “proxy of Iran,” and its actions against US allies in the Gulf will be considered an Iranian attack by extension.
“A year ago the United States of America attacked, very powerfully, the Houthis, for their interference with commerce and trade, by shooting at ships.
Since that time, and during our conflict with Iran, they have acted very responsibly,” the American leader wrote on social media.
“Unfortunately, now they are starting up again,” he wrote in reference to Houthi strikes, which set two Saudi Arabian vessels in the Red Sea on fire on Wednesday.
