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Macron says ‘military resources’ to be sent to Saudi Arabia

France 2425 September 2026, 14:04 UTCSaudi Arabia

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.

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