Trump says US will stop bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen

DOHA — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States would halt its strike campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, claiming the Iran-backed faction had “capitulated.”

“The Houthis have announced — to us, at least — that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight, and we will honor that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“We will stop the bombings,” Trump said. “They have capitulated.”

Trump’s statement came just hours after…