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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Trump waves white flag, ends Yemen war in Omani-mediated truce</h1><p class="gmail-">Israeli
leaders were reportedly caught off guard by Trump's capitulation, which
came as Ansarallah officials pledged to retaliate strongly for the
destruction of Sanaa International Airport by Tel Aviv</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">MAY 6, 2025 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/trump-waves-white-flag-ends-yemen-war-in-omani-mediated-truce">https://thecradle.co/articles/trump-waves-white-flag-ends-yemen-war-in-omani-mediated-truce</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/8ce33630-2aad-11f0-8ce7-00163e02c055.jpeg" alt="" width="473" height="266" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo Credit: SABA)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>US
President Donald Trump announced on 6 May that Washington will put a
stop to its illegal war against Yemen, claiming that the Ansarallah-led
Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) "don't<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(15,20,25)"> want to fight anymore."</span></p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>When
pressed by reporters on the terms of the agreement with Sanaa, Trump
claimed Yemeni officials \u201csaid please don't bomb us anymore.\u201d Asked
where he got that information, Trump said: "It doesn't matter where I
heard it\u2014a very good source."</p><p>Nevertheless, the Omani Foreign Ministry announced later that Muscat successfully <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/2025-05-06/ty-article/oman-says-it-mediated-truce-between-houthis-u-s-as-trump-says-group-capitulated/00000196-a6b0-df59-abde-e6b830680000">brokered</a> a ceasefire agreement between Washington and Sanaa that will see both sides end hostilities.</p><p>\u201cThe
understanding between the US and the Houthis not to attack each other
is aimed at building momentum for Iran nuclear deal talks,\u201d <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/us-to-stop-strikes-on-houthis-in-yemen">CNN</a>
reported, citing people familiar with the agreement. However, the
agreement reportedly does not call for an end to Yemeni operations
against Israel.</p><p>According to the report, US special envoy to West Asia Steve Witkoff brokered the ceasefire over the past week.</p><p>Trump
made the announcement a few hours after Israel violently bombed the
Yemeni capital, destroying large parts of Sanaa International Airport
and several power stations around the city.</p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>According to <a href="https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bjybhhwglg#autoplay">reports</a>
in Hebrew media, Israeli authorities were caught unaware by Trump's
capitulation to Yemen. \u201c[Authorities] were surprised by his words, and
do not understand the implications of his statement,\u201d <i>Yedioth Ahronoth</i> revealed.</p><p>Following
the truce announcement, the Chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political
Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, confirmed that despite the Israeli aggression,
\u201cThere will be no retreat from supporting Gaza, no matter the cost.\u201d</p><p>\u201cThe
Israeli aggression proves to our people the correctness of their
movement and struggle, and reassures them even more when they see that
they are facing the vilest enemy humanity has ever known. Our response,
Allah willing, will be devastating, painful, and at a level that will
not be bearable for the Israeli enemy," Mashat added.</p><p>He also
called on Israeli settlers to \u201cstay in shelters or leave immediately to
your homelands, for your failed government will no longer be able to
protect you.\u201d</p><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24362">Washington</a>
had been waging a war against Yemen without congressional approval
since January 2023, hoping to stop the pro-Palestine operations of the
YAF.</p><p>Despite bombing the country thousands of times and deploying multiple carrier strike groups to West Asian waters, the US was <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24357">unable</a> to deter YAF attacks and lost approximately two dozen advanced MQ-9 Reaper drones over the Arab world's poorest country.</p><p>\u201cWe
favor a diplomatic solution. We know that there is no military
solution,\u201d US Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking said last year.</p><p>Pentagon officials in recent months also raised concerns about the <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/us-readiness-for-face-off-with-china-hurt-by-costly-yemen-campaign-report">ballooning</a> cost of the war and the rapid depletion of Washington's <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(25,25,25)">long-range precision munitions.</span></p></span></div></div></div></div>
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