Joe Biden

==== Other foreign issues ====
On February 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced that the United States was ending its [[U.S. support for Saudi-led operations in Yemen|support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign]] in Yemen.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knickmeyer |first1=Ellen |date=February 5, 2021 |title=Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-end-support-saudi-offenseive-yemen-b68f58493dbfc530b9fcfdb80a13098f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023211712/https://apnews.com/article/biden-end-support-saudi-offenseive-yemen-b68f58493dbfc530b9fcfdb80a13098f |archive-date=October 23, 2021 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> In early February 2022, Biden ordered the counterterrorism raid in northern Syria that resulted in the [[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi#Death|death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi]], the second leader of the [[Islamic State]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite press release |date=February 3, 2022|title=Statement by President Joe Biden|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/03/statement-by-president-joe-biden-3/|access-date=February 3, 2022|publisher=The White House|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203132343/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/03/statement-by-president-joe-biden-3/|url-status=live}}</ref> In late July, Biden approved the [[drone strike]] that [[Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri|killed Ayman al-Zawahiri]], the second leader of [[Al-Qaeda]], and an integral member in the planning of the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader |date=August 1, 2022 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Cooper |first2=Helene |last3=Barnes |first3=Julian |last4=Schmitt |first4=Eric |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801215209/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[OPEC#2022 oil production cut|2022 OPEC+ oil production cut]] caused a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia, widening the rift between the two countries, and threatening a longstanding [[Saudi Arabia–United States relations|alliance]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/us/politics/biden-saudi-arabia-oil-production-cut.html | title=Biden Vows 'Consequences' for Saudi Arabia After Oil Production Cut | newspaper=The New York Times | date=October 11, 2022 | last1=Baker | first1=Peter }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/1a5cfd12-a202-4242-b0ad-bed56f377142 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/1a5cfd12-a202-4242-b0ad-bed56f377142 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Joe Biden warns of 'consequences' for Saudi Arabia after oil production cuts | newspaper=Financial Times | date=October 12, 2022 }}</ref>