India, March 16 -- US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he has ordered the military to launch a "decisive and powerful" action against the Houthis in Yemen.

"Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen," the US president wrote on Truth Social. "They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones."

Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis main backer, that it needed to immediately stop supporting the group. He said if Iran threatened the United States "America will hold you fully accountable and, we won't be nice about it!"

The US president said that any attack ...