French President Emmanuel Macron announced on September 24–25 that France will send troops, radars, and defence systems to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's key Red Sea oil port, following finalized arrangements with Riyadh. The deployment aims to protect critical energy transport infrastructure in a strategically vital region.
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PARIS, Sept 24 - France will send troops and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, Sept. 24, that Paris had finalized an arrangement with Riyadh, without specifying the deployment size [newarab.com#1][al-monitor.com#1][twz.com#1]. The deployment follows Houthi missile attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea export route [france24.com#1][nytimes.com#1][newarab.com#1]. Renewed fighting in Yemen has killed dozens, according to sources cited
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sept. 24 that France would send troops, radar systems and air-defense equipment to Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu energy facilities after talks with Saudi officials [newarab.com#1][middleeastmonitor.com#1][france24.com#1][defensenews.com#1]. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted missiles fired toward Yanbu and Taif on Thursday as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement steppe
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France will send soldiers, radar and defence systems to protect Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu under an agreement with Riyadh, President Emmanuel Macron said in a television interview Thursday. He said the mission would be limited to protecting the site and would not involve joining the conflict. The announcement followed the Saudi-led coalition’s report that it had intercepted six ballistic
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 Th
France will send troops and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron has said in a TV interview. He also denied a report by Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had warned European governments of possible Russian drone attacks from the Mediterranean.
Macron says France to deploy forces to protect Saudi oil export port French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France would send military assets to “protect” facilities in Yanbu, western Saudi Arabia, one of the kingdom’s key oil sites on the Red Sea co…
openchronicle.org/2026/09/25/f... French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to send military personnel, radar equipment and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to protect the strategic Red Sea port of Yanbu, as attacks on regio...
After talks with Riyadh, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a French military deployment to Yanbu during a televised interview [defensenews.com#1][twz.com#1][rfi.fr#1][france24.com#1]. The announcement followed missile attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement on the Yanbu area. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted missiles fired toward the port and the city of Taif. Yanbu provides Saudi
Speaking to broadcasters TF1 and France 2, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced that “military resources” will be sent to protect the Yanbu oil site in Saudi Arabia, integral to maintaining the kingdom’s fuel exports and increasingly threatened by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
France agrees to send troops and equipment to Saudi Arabia to protect Yanbu oil port https://marthio.com/a/france-agrees-to-send-troops-and-equipment-to-saudi-arabia-to-protect #Commodities #Business #OilPort #Yanbu French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot confirmed Paris will deploy military forces to defend the critical oil facility in response to Houthi missile attacks.
Saudi is the new Algeria for France. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati... By announcing the deployment of soldiers, radars, and defense systems to protect Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure, which has been targeted by the pro-Iranian Houthi forces from Yemen, President Ma...