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France says it will send troops and air defences to protect Saudi Arabia's Yanbu

2026-09-24 · military

President Emmanuel Macron said in a TF1 and France 2 interview on Thursday 24 September that France would send 'soldiers, radars, and defence systems' to protect the Saudi Red Sea oil port of Yanbu, 'not to involve ourselves in any conflict, but to protect the site'. The same day the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Taif and Yanbu, and the Houthis said they had struck Aramco facilities in Yanbu.

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