The Trump administration announced a ceasefire agreement with the Yemen-based Houthis nearly a month ago, and while attacks have stopped in the Red Sea, the group’s ambition and arsenal, albeit depleted, remain.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth abruptly declared a U.S. victory on May 6, after a seven-week campaign in which U.S. forces hit more than 1,000 Houthi targets across Yemen. The Pentagon had said they began the campaign to restore the freedom for ships to navigate through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, colloquially known as freedom of navigation.