Donald Trump, the American president, has claimed that after more than 17 months, the Red Sea shipping crisis is coming to a close. Speaking at the White House yesterday, Trump said Yemen’s Houthis have agreed to halt their attacks on shipping and...
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“President Trump promised to restore the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, and he used great American strength to swiftly deliver on that promise,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a post on X.
Omani foreign minister Badr al-Busaidi confirmed that the US bombing campaign was ending, posting on X that discussions involving the US and Oman, as well as negotiators in Yemen, “have resulted in a ceasefire agreement between the two sides”.
Although the Houthis may not be in full agreement:
“What changed is the American position, but our position remains firm,” chief negotiator Mohammed Abdul Salam told Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.
Mediator Oman said the US and Houthis had agreed to “no longer target each other”, after seven weeks of intensified US strikes on Yemen in response to Houthi missile and drone attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.
Jughead
October 30, 2025, 10:40pm
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What has it got to plan? It was working before. Keep doing that. I understand Egyptian bureaucracy is legendary in its inefficiency, so keep them away from what sorta works.