France to protect key Saudi oil terminal as Houthis step up missile attacks

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France plans to send troops to protect a key Saudi oil terminal in Yanbu as Houthi militia intensifies missile attacks on Saudi Arabia. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the deployment amidst escalating regional tensions involving Iran-backed forces.

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 kingdom saying it intercepted missiles fired towards the Red Sea port of Yanbu and...