The Houthis, if anything, may actually be relishing US strikes. They are a “direct answer to the Houthi prayers to have a war with the US,” said Farea Al-Muslimi, a Yemeni research fellow at Chatham House. The group “wants to drag the US into a larger regional escalation.”

Striking the Iranian-backed Houthi militia serves United States interests, and puts pressure on Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

The U.S. military has deployed more of its most advanced fighter jets to the Middle East as it continues to strike Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an Iran-backed terrorist group attackin

The total cost of the US military’s operation against the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen is nearing $1 billion in just over three weeks, even as the attacks have had limited impact on destroying the terror group’s capabilities,

The Houthis claimed they had attacked the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and several US warships in the Red Sea.

The White House has said that U.S. strikes in Yemen earlier this month killed the Houthi top missile expert, but the U.S. military has so far declined to confirm the death, and the identity of the Houthi commander in question is unclear.

Trump said Monday that "many" Houthi fighters and leaders have been "decimated by the relentless strikes" of the U.S. military, which continued precision strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, citing the goal of restoring freedom of navigation in the region.

The US military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels is only just beginning, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday.The US last month started a campaign of strikes against the rebel group that controls much of Yemen and has wreaked havoc on international trade by attacking ships crossing the Red Sea.