The U.S. lost three $60 million F-18 fighter jets to combat-related accidents, and the Houthis shot down a half dozen MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drones, which run about $30 million a plane. The total cost topped a billion dollars.

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the US will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.

The president said the Iran-backed group reached out and expressed that they “don’t want to fight anymore.” The ceasefire was brokered by Oman.

US forces have struck more than 1,000 targets in President Donald Trump’s campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen, the Pentagon said, offering rare insight into a stepped-up offensive that’s been conducted largely in secret.

President Donald Trump made a bold move Wednesday, announcing an immediate halt to U.S. bombing of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in exchange for their commitment to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea. “They said,