The Biden administration could have ended the brutal war in Yemen. It’s now making it worse.

Shuaib Almosawa is a freelance journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. Sarah Leah Whitson is executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now.

Almost seven years since the Saudi-United Arab Emirates coalition launched its war in Yemen, the devastating impact of its relentless airstrikes and siege of the country’s land, air and sea borders has reduced the country to shambles.

The Biden administration promised to withdraw support for the war and push for a peace agreement, but its policies have further inflamed the fighting, which now has seriously expanded well beyond Yemen’s borders, from deep inside Saudi Arabia to the UAE as well, increasing the instability of the entire region.