The move to pile financial sanctions on top of U.S. military strikes is the Biden administration's latest attempt to stop the militants' attacks on global shipping.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have pledged strong payback for U.S. and British strikes against them, further fanning fears of a wider conflict in the Mideast.
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Two carrier strike groups, air defense systems, a nuclear sub, thousands of personnel far from stabilizing, this U.S. response could provoke a wider war.
A leader of the Houthis, a rebel faction in Yemen, said the group will not be deterred from attacking commercial vessels in Middle Eastern waters by a new U.S.-led coalition to protect them.