US continues strikes against the Houthis in asymmetric escalation

Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on 16 March that his militants would target US ships in the Red Sea in the wake of massive American strikes on Yemen over the weekend.

Despite there being no attacks on merchant shipping this year, the Donald Trump administration decided to unleash an enormous barrage of strikes on Houthi strongholds over the weekend, linked to Trump’s so-called ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran.