Macron Announces French Troop Deployment to Protect Saudi Red Sea Oil Hub

President Emmanuel Macron announced France will send soldiers, radar systems and air defense assets to help protect Saudi Arabia's Yanbu oil terminal on the Red Sea, a key export route that has come under Houthi missile attacks. Macron said the deployment was meant to 'protect this site' rather than draw France into the conflict, without specifying troop numbers or a deployment timeline.