‘For us, the Houthis are terrorists’: French lawmaker says Paris will honor pledge to protect Saudi infrastructure

Arab News · 23‏/10‏/2026، 4:26:29 م

JEDDAH: France will honor its commitment to help protect Saudi infrastructure against Houthi attacks, French lawmaker Amal Amelia Lakrafi said in Jeddah on Thursday. “My colleagues on the Foreign Affairs Committee and I support Saudi Arabia because, for us, the Houthis are terrorists,” she said. “We must support countries that are fighting terrorism.” Lakrafi, who is part of the delegation accompanying French President Emmanuel Macron, was speaking to a small group of journalists at the French R