National Security Adviser Micahel Waltz said on March 16 that the Trump administration’s strikes on Houthis in Yemen resulted in significant blows to its leadership.
In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Waltz confirmed the strikes and described the Houthis, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, as “essentially Al Qaeda with sophisticated Iranian-backed air defenses and anti-ship cruise missiles and drones.”
“We hit the Houthi leadership, killing several of their key leaders last night, their infrastructure, the missiles,” he said.
On Saturday, President Donald Trump ordered several airstrikes on Houthi-held areas in Yemen, vowing to use “overwhelming lethal force” until the Iran-back terrorists end their attacks on a critical sea lane....
