Trump says Houthi rebels called to ask US not to “go after them”

US President Donald Trump says during a visit to his golf

course in Ireland that America's war with Iran will end

"very soon," while reiterating Iranian ownership of

nuclear weapons remains unacceptable.

Addressing the situation in Yemen, he says the Houths

rebels "called" his administration to say they don't

want the Americans to "go after them."

“We've had discussions. The Houthis called us and they don't

want to fight with us. They let us know they don't want to fight with us.

They don't want me to go after them. They don't want us to go after them.”

Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels release a latest

video on Friday of what they describe as targeted and

damaged Saudi-backed vehicles,

Houthi fighters' deployment and Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

This, after Houthi rebels captured the island of Mayun at the

entrance of the Red Sea, a key alternative for shipping Saudi oil

and other exports since the war

in Iran started on February, followed by the closure of passage of vessels

in the Strait of Hormuz.