WASHINGTON — Yemen’s government said Wednesday that it had requested a “reassessment’’ of a US commando raid last month that killed several women and children and closer coordination on future operations, adding that it had not suspended future raids by US Special Operations forces.

Citing US officials, The New York Times had reported Tuesday that Yemeni authorities, angry about the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first counterterrorism operation authorized by President Trump, had withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations ground missions against suspected terrorist groups in the country.

But Wednesday, Yemeni officials publicly backtracked somewhat from what they had told White House officials, caught between the public outrage at home over civilian deaths and fear of losing US counterterrorism assistance.

When asked about The Times report Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer did not deny that US commando missions had been suspended.

Referring to the Yemenis, Spicer said that “we’re going to continue to work with them to strengthen our diplomatic relationship, to understand our fight against terrorism.’’

In Cairo, however, Yemen’s foreign minister, Abdul Malik Al Mekhlafi, called for the ­review of the operation, in which one US commando and some 14 fighters of Al Qaeda died, adding that “Yemen ­continues to cooperate with the United States and continues to abide by all the agreements.’’

Yemen’s embassy in Washington said in a statement that it had not suspended any counterterrorism programs with the United States.

New York Times