SANAÂ, Yemen
United States President, Donald Trump ordered fresh strikes on Yemen on Saturday, with at least 19 people reportedly killed in an operation that could last for days.
Trump announced the strikes against the Houthis, the Iran-backed militant group that controls large swathes of Yemen, in response to its decision to resume attacks on cargo ships near the Red Sea.
"We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective," Trump posted on his Truth Social network.
"The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important waterways of the world, grinding vast swaths of global commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of freedom of navigation upon which International trade and commerce depends," Trump wrote.
The Associated Press and Reuters news agencies reported that the strikes could continue for days, citing an anonymous US security official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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