President Trump said on Wednesday that the Iran-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen would be “completely annihilated” by U.S. military strikes and warned Tehran to “immediately” stop supplying it with military equipment and general support and “let the Houthis fight it out themselves.”

The U.S. launched airstrikes on multiple targets across Yemen overnight, including Saada province, which Yemeni sources say is a long-time hideout for Houthi leaders, and the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah,

The U.S. launched another wave of airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for attacks by the rebel group on shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The strikes left a densely populated neighborhood in the Al-Jarraf district in ruins,