US offered to recognise Houthis in exchange for end to maritime attacks, official claims

Yemen’s Houthis received “temptations” from the US that include acknowledgement of their government in Sanaa in exchange for ending their maritime attacks, an official with the group claimed.

Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a Houthi political official, told Al Jazeera TV on Monday that the US offered to recognise the Houthi movement as a government if they stopped attacking commercial shipping.

The remarks come a day after a Houthi ballistic missile reached central Israel for the first time.