The comments by Trump on his Truth Social website escalate his administration's new campaign of airstrikes targeting the rebels.

President Donald Trump on Monday said that further attacks or retaliation by the Houthis would be considered an attack by Iran and it would face “dire” consequences. Trump’s threat comes after the U.

The statement comes after Trump on Saturday ordered air and naval strikes against the Houthis in Yemen in retaliation for the Houthis’ attacks in the Red Sea, marking the most significant military action of his second term and killing at least 53 people and injuring 98 others, ABC reported, citing the Ministry of Health in Sana’a, Yemen.