reporter: the president s answer only further the concern of a widening conflict in the region as the israel hamas war enters its fourth month. the worry is, iran, which backs the houthis, is trying to draw the u.s. deeper into the current conflict. the national security council s john kirby had this to say about the growing tensions. we re not interested in a war with yemen or a conflict of any kind here. in fact everything the president has been doing has been trying to prevent any escalation of conflict, including the strikes last night. reporter: now, since mid november, the iranian backed houthis have launched more than two dozen attacks against merchant ships in the red sea. defense secretary lloyd austin says the u.s. strike sends a clear message that houthis will bear the further cost if they do not end their illegal attacks. and trace, austin also added the u.s. maintains its right to self-defense. trace. trace: jeff paul live in the news room. jeff back to you as the
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april, 2023, a fragile truce agreed. babacked by iran, the houthis could afford more fightersrs, , ready supplies of sophisticated drones, cruise missiles, and more as recently as last year, putting thousands of uniformed troops and weapons on parade. their truce and pause in regional aggression ending 12 days after hamas brutal october 7th attack, launching missiles at israel. weeks later, escalating attacks on international shipping in the red sea that they falsely claim is connected to israel.new- and. this has them using iranian supplied weapons to go after international shipping in the red sea.a. r reporter: iraran and itits
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minority religious sect, in this the poorest country in the arab world overthrew the internationally recognized government, seizing army weapons stockpiles, triggering a festering civil war and famine during in saudi and the uae backing the real government. hitting houthis with air strikes. i ve been witness to some of it. the positioning of these valves on the side of the missile that convinced the saudis this is iranian manufactured the houthis backed by iran targeted saudi with iranian-made cruise missiles and hit the uae with drones. inside yemen, rag-tag saudi-backed government troops failed to ask the houthis from the cap oust the houthis from the capital. we re keeping low because the houthis might see us. government lines often on demand. fighters hired from local tribes. without money, few fought.
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message here? their message was retaliation against the attack that took place in yemen over the last 48 hours, and the houthis have vowed to retaliate, and i do expect there will be retaliation on u.s. targets, could be in the next 48 hours or so. but it does not seem that the houthis will back down after threats to target u.s. positions in the middle east. do you gets a sense that by taking on the u.s. in the west more openly that the houthis are getting more support within the country and within the region? it was basically a gift to them over the last 20 years, the slogan has been deaths death death to america and death to israel. the attack on yemen was a gift to the houthis that finding making their call or slogan right, that the u.s. has been
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