For days Iranian officials were warning against the resumption of U.S. military operations against Iran. Iranian social media took the early return of President Trump from Camp David to the White House on Saturday night as a sign that something was coming. Videos were posted on social media of B-1B taking off from RAF Fairford in southern England. But, at least according to an account published by The New York Times on Sunday evening, Trump called off the raids at the last minute, but they weren’t aimed at Iran. Rather they were aimed at the Houthis in Yemen.

According to the Times, citing unnamed administration officials, Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman called Trump on Thursday “to implore him, again, to step in to help blunt the rapidly advancing group. Trump had met with advisers just the day before and told them he did not favor strikes. But after speaking with the Saudi crown prince, he reversed himself and told the Pentagon to prepare for airstrikes against the Houthis. By midday Sunday, the President appeared to have reversed himself again. There would be no U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis—at least not for the time being, according to administration officials.”