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One Month Into U.S. Campaign, Assessing Damage to the Houthis

A former commander of CENTCOM says a long campaign may be needed to deter the Houthis

U.S. warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen, the Houthi group reported on March 28, 2025. (Photo by CENTCOM/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Posted: April 15th, 2025

By The Cipher Brief

EXPERT INTERVIEW— For the past month, the United States military has been carrying out its most robust campaign yet against the Houthi militia, which is based in Yemen and supported by Iran. Since March 15, the U.S. has carried out more than 200 air strikes against targets in Yemen, in a mission that the Pentagon says is aimed at deterring a group that has been firing on commercial vessels in the Red Sea for more than a year, disrupting global commerce in the process. 

President Donald Trump said in early April that the campaign has “decimated“ the Houthis, and that the American strikes would continue until the Houthis are “no longer a threat to Freedom of Navigation.” But Pentagon and military officials have reportedly held closed briefings with members of Congress and allied nations saying that the Houthis’ arsenals of missiles, drones and launchers remain largely intact. 

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