France to send military to protect Saudi Arabia on Red Sea oil route
- 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.
- Issued on: 25/09/2026 - 08:19 2 min Reading time "We are going to send military resources, that is to say, soldiers, radar systems and defence systems, to protect this site – not to get us involved in any c
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- 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.
- Issued on: 25/09/2026 - 08:19 2 min Reading time "We are going to send military resources, that is to say, soldiers, radar systems and defence systems, to protect this site – not to get us involved in any c
Sources: RFI