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France to protect key Saudi oil terminal as Houthis step up missile attacks
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PUBLISHEDSep 25, 2026, 6:03 AM
What the source reports
President Emmanuel Macron said France would send troops to defend an oil plant in Saudi Arabia as the Iran-backed Houthi militia took responsibility for new attacks on the kingdom.
Macron said in a television interview Thursday with TF1 and France 2 that he would send soldiers and military support to help protect the Saudi port of Yanbu. Saudi Arabia came under attack from the Houthi militia on Thursday, with the…
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