President Trump said the United States has launched “decisive and powerful” strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen, warning that the military “will use overwhelming lethal force” until the Iran-backed rebels stop their attacks on cargo ships and free up shipping lanes in the region.

Trump wrote that the aerial attacks targeted Houthi bases, leaders and missile defense systems to “protect American shipping, air, and naval assets and to restore Navigational Freedom,”

“No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World,” Trump said in a Saturday post on Truth Social.

The attacks were carried out by Air Force attack jets and armed drones that took off from various bases in the region, along with fighter planes from the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill.

The source added that this “is not a........

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