The White House on Tuesday declared that Iran has been “incredibly” weakened as a result of the Pentagon operation against Yemen’s Houthis which was renewed on March 15 by President Trump and his national security cabinet. Immense controversy has ensued in the wake of ‘Signalgate’ which involved discussions of war planning with Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg privy to the group chat conversation.  White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said there’s has been over 200 strikes on targets in Yemen. It has long been a US talking point going back to 2015 that the Houthis (Ansarallah movement) has been supplied by the Iranians. Shipments of Iranian weaponry has over the years been intercepted by US naval ships in Gulf area waters. The group has fired at least eight ballistic missiles on Israel over the past week, but the US is leading the way in anti-Houthi operations. “There have now been more than 200 successful strikes,” Leavitt said. “Iran is incredibly weakened as a result. They’ve taken out Houthi leaders, critical members who have been launching strikes on naval ships and commercial vessels. This operation will not stop until the freedom of navigation in this region is restored.” The Houthis haven’t confirmed the deaths of any […]