US Forces to Cease Yemen Strikes After Houthi Capitulation: Trump

Trump said Houthi leaders had communicated to his administration that they no longer wish to fight.

Houthi terrorists inspect the site of a reported U.S. airstrike in Sanaa, a day after the attack, on April 7, 2025. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump announced on May 6 that U.S. forces would cease strikes targeting Yemen’s Houthis, saying the insurgent movement had finally tired of a year-and-a-half-long Red Sea stand-off.

Speaking with reporters as he hosted newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said that in an overnight message, the Houthis “announced, to us at least, that they don’t want to fight anymore.”