The Houthis are tough fighters – Middle East Monitor

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Yemen’s Houthis are tough fighters but have agreed to stop targeting American ships.

Speaking during the Saudi–US Investment Forum in Riyadh, Trump said: “We’ve launched more than 1,100 strikes against the Houthis. They’re tough, they’re fighters, but they agreed to stop targeting US ships.”

He added that the United States had not intended to strike the Houthis, but their attacks on vessels — and…