The Omani Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that it had successfully brokered a ceasefire agreement between the United States and the authorities in Sanaa, aimed at achieving mutual de-escalation.
According to a statement from Muscat, the agreement entails a commitment by both sides, Washington and the Sanaa-based government, not to target each other in future military operations.
“The Sultanate thanks both parties for their constructive approach that led to this welcome outcome,” the statement read, emphasizing Oman’s longstanding diplomatic efforts in mediating regional conflicts.
US President Donald Trump had earlier declared an immediate halt to US airstrikes on Yemen, claiming that Yemeni authorities had promised to cease attacks on vessels in the Red Sea.
‘Trump surprised us’
The declaration appears to have caught the Zionist occupation off guard, with Axios journalist Barak Ravid quoting a senior Zionist official saying, “We didn’t know about this. Trump surprised us.”
Despite Trump’s claims of a breakthrough, Ansar Allah denied that any such concession had been made. In an interview with Bloomberg, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the group’s Political Council, affirmed that military operations in the Red Sea and against the occupation would continue until the aggression on Gaza ends and the siege on its people is lifted.
Support for Gaza will not cease
While al-Bukhaiti indicated that attacks on US warships may pause if American strikes cease, he stressed that “we will definitely continue our operations in support of Gaza,” underscoring that the movement’s military actions are directly tied to the Israeli regime’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.
Ansar Allah “will not stop regardless of the consequences until the end of the aggression on Gaza and blockade on its people,” al-Bukhaiti stressed.
‘Israel’ conducts airstrikes on Yemen
Trump’s remarks came just hours after Zionis warplanes carried out airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, resulting in several casualties and injuries.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the occupation was not informed in advance about the US decision to halt its aggression on Yemen.
Footage shared on social media platforms showed scenes of Zionist airstrikes reportedly targeting Sanaa International Airport.
US loses another fighter jet in Red Sea
A second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet deployed from the USS Harry S. Truman has gone down in the Red Sea, marking the second such incident involving the carrier in just over a week, CNN reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The aircraft reportedly experienced a malfunction with the arresting gear while attempting to land aboard the vessel, forcing the pilot and weapons systems officer to eject. Both crew members were retrieved by a rescue helicopter and sustained only minor injuries, according to one source.
The jet sank into the Red Sea and has not yet been recovered.
Intense confrontations
The crash comes amid intensifying confrontations in the Red Sea between the US Navy and Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF). The YAF claimed responsibility for the events that led to the earlier downing of a US aircraft in the same area, asserting that it occurred during retaliatory strikes against the USS Harry S. Truman for its involvement in attacks on Yemeni territory.
On Tuesday, the YAF reportedly targeted the Truman again, despite President Donald Trump announcing a ceasefire with Yemen earlier that day. It remains unclear if the latest missile strike contributed to the crash, but US officials have not ruled out the possibility to CNN.
The Pentagon has deferred all inquiries to the US Navy and CENTCOM, both of which have yet to issue public statements.
Confrontations with Yemeni forces
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Wednesday a series of military operations against Zionist and American targets.
In a televised statement, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the YAF’s UAV Unit carried out two military operations.
The first targeted the occupations Ramon Airport, in the Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) area in southern occupied Palestine, using two drones.
Meanwhile, the second operation targeted a vital Zionist site in the occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) area with a Yafa-type drone.
Saree said the two operations were in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza and their Resistance and in rejection of the genocidal war being waged by the occupation there.
YAF target USS Truman, American F-18 crashes
In the same statement, the spokesperson also announced that the YAF Navy and UAV Unit carried out a top-tier military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and several of its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea, using a ballistic missile and several drones.
As a result of the operation, the YAF thwarted an airstrike that the US forces were preparing to carry out against Yemen, Saree revealed.
He added that an American F-18 aircraft crashed “due to the confusion and panic the enemy experienced during the targeting operation.”
Saree also mentioned that the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier fled to the far northern Red Sea in light of the military operation.
Strike against USS Truman carried out before ceasefire
The YAF spokesperson noted that the operation against USS Harry S. Truman was carried out before the US declared a halt to its aggression against Yemen. Earlier, Iran and Saudi Arabia welcomed an Omani-mediated deal ending hostilities between the US and Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement.
Riyadh “welcomed the statement issued by the Sultanate of Oman regarding the reaching of a ceasefire in Yemen with the aim of protecting international navigation and trade,” the Saudi Foreign Ministry stated.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei “welcomed the cessation of US aggression against the country,” praising Yemenis for their “legendary resistance”.
The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they will not hesitate to carry out severe and painful strikes against American forces should the US resume its aggression against Yemen, he underlined.
Saree affirmed that the YAF possess the military capabilities to deliver the appropriate response to Israeli aggression on Yemen, noting that the Yemeni forces will continue to block Zionist maritime movement in the Red and Arabian Seas and ban air traffic at Lyyd Airport, also known as Ben Gurion Airport in “Israel”.
Elsewhere, the spokesperson reiterated that the YAF’s operations will continue until the Zionist war on Gaza ends and the blockade imposed on the Palestinian enclave is lifted, stressing that Yemen will continue to stand with Gaza and Palestine “until victory”.