With backing from Iran, the Houthi militia in Yemen have kept up a barrage of attacks on ships in the Red Sea for months. The U.S. military is pushing back.
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, is warning that it would be unwise to think of the Houthis as a ragtag group. Though Yemen, where the Houthi militia is based, is the poorest country in the Middle East, the terrorist group has been backed, supplied and trained by Iran for years, Cooper said.
But the bulk of the ships, aircraft and firepower is coming from the U.S.'Fifteen percent of global trade flows exactly through the Red Sea,' Cooper said. 'Keeping these vital waterways open is critical. It's a core commitment the United States has from a strategic perspective, maintaining the free flow of commerce.'How the U.S.
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