A senior official of the Yemeni rebels engaged in a seven-year war with a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition has told Newsweek that the insurgent movement holds President Joe Biden's administration responsible for an escalation in the conflict that triggered the group to conduct a recent series of missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Airstrikes in Yemen are on the rise in recent weeks, and with them, the Houthis have been firing more missiles and drones against neighboring Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This is greatly complicating the increasingly uncertain US strategy in Yemen.