Vance says Trump administration is ‘on top of’ Houthi advance
The US vice-president offered no further detail on the reported development or the administration’s response.
US Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration is “very much on top of” a reported Houthi advance in Yemen, amid security concerns linked to the Red Sea.
Vance’s assessment was reported by Al Jazeera Global News on 14 September. The comments were not accompanied in the supplied material by details about the timing or setting in which they were made.
The nature, location and scale of the reported advance have not been specified. The supplied material also provides no operational details about how the administration is managing the situation.
The Houthis are a Yemen-based movement associated with security incidents affecting the Red Sea. However, no independent confirmation of the reported advance or of the US administration’s assessment is provided.
