2024-01-18 20:18:45
These attacks could have a great impact on the world economy because almost 15% of global maritime trade flows through the Red Sea. (ARCHIVE)
US President Joe Biden announced this Thursday that the bombings against the Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue, although he acknowledged that these actions have not served to stop the insurgents’ attacks in the Red Sea.
Biden made these statements to the press at the White House before boarding the ‘Marine One’ helicopter to begin his trip to North Carolina, where he plans to give a speech about his economic initiatives.
One of the journalists asked Biden if the attacks were working, to which the president stated: “When you say, ‘Are they working?’ Are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes.”
The United States announced yesterday Wednesday the designation as “terrorists” to the Houthi rebels of Yemen, in the midst of a context of military escalation in the Middle East.
That designation came days after a bombing campaign by the United States and the United Kingdom against the group’s military targets in Yemen due to the attacks that the insurgents have been carrying out since November 19 against ships in the Red Sea that, according to their claim, They are related to Israel or are heading towards that country.
These attacks could have a great impact on the world economy because almost 15% of global maritime trade flows through the Red Sea.
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