US officials met Iran-backed Houthis in Oman over the weekend: Reuters
Sources said the private talks focused on ceasefire commitments and shipping assurances after the Houthis seized a strategic stretch of the Red Sea coast.
- Over the weekend, US officials met with representatives of the Houthis in Oman at the US Embassy in Muscat, according to five sources familiar with the matter.
- The Iran-backed Houthis last week seized effective control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline, including the historic port of Mocha and Perim Island in the "Gate of Tears" strait.
- During Sunday's meeting, the Houthis assured US officials they would not attack American or Israeli vessels, with senior officials Mohammad Abdulsalam and Abdelmalik representing the delegation.
- President Donald Trump said Saturday the Houthis phoned his administration requesting the US stay out of the war, while Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed sought US military support amid the group's advances.
- Washington has negotiated with the group since designating them a "foreign terrorist organization" in 2025, though a State Department spokesperson declined to confirm the recent meeting, citing core US interests.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels held a secret meeting with U.S. authorities in Oman and promised not to attack U.S. or Israeli vessels. Through these talks, which were brokered by the Omani government, the Houthis expressed their intention to abide by the existing ceasefire agreement, but the U.S. State Department withheld an official statement, emphasizing the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
U.S. officials met with representatives of Yemen's Houthis in Oman on the weekend, five sources familiar with the issue said. The meeting would have taken place days after the Iranian-backed group took a strategic area of the Red Sea coast in a broad offensive that made Saudi-backed forces retreat.
At the meeting, the Houthis told US officials that they had no intention of attacking US ships and that they were committed to the 2025 ceasefire with the US The post US representatives met with the Houthis in Oman over the weekend, according to sources appeared first on in.gr.
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