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France negotiating for access to Yemen
Originally published by AntiWar
It may sound like a bad adventure movie, but the French Foreign Legion could find itself in Yemen trying to stabilize and control areas.
Recent fighting and removal of local government figures in South Yemen’s Shabwa Province could be portending a deeper involvement, as France is reportedly negotiating for access to the area.
France is interested in the potential of gas exports from Balhaf. Europe could use more exports with Russia cutting off supply to supply to central Europe.
Though Yemen isn’t a large exporter of gas in the best of times, it virtually exports nothing during the ongoing war. France seems keen to try to boost it from nothing to something.
With all the complications and combatants in Yemen, especially in the south, adding the French Foreign Legion hardly seems to be a recipe for success.
The French Foreign Legion is an Army corps of foreign nationals, historically used in French overseas adventures. They have been used sparingly in the decades since the end of colonial Africa.
It remains to be seen who France aligns with, as the Saudis and UAE are the powers in the region in the question. The Saudis support the government, the UAE the separatists, and generally the UAE has prevented exports from Shabwa lately, though it isn’t clear they’re committed to that.
Much of the media coverage of Shabwa fighting has emphasized its energy resources, seemingly bolstering interest in intervention. Though it is unlikely they’ll ever get gas out commensurate with the cost of entering Yemen, such an obvious problem rarely gets in the way of such operations.
More Colonial theft.
I don’t know why people still buy this reheated soup again and again … the only beneficiaries are a small group of people who have the same pagan gods as the ancient jews …
Cromwell is right –WHY ??? are you bringing up religion when this has nothing to do with it –you could apply the same dogma to FRENCH Roman Catholic Christians .
This is about helping Yemen NOT by sending in French Zionist controlled Colonialists –and yes Macron FULLY supports Zionism -he SAID it .
Doesn’t your paymaster tell you about the poverty-hunger- starvation- 100,000,s of DEAD children all done by Saudi-Arabia- USA-UK.
How cold and EVIL can you get !!!!!!
Yes blocked from posting this.
how is it helping the yemen people?
Why send the foreign legion in an embattled distant place putting lives at risk while macron the omicron could simply ask the germ scholz to allow Russian gas to pass through NS2 until NS1 can resume normal operation. I bet Russia is more than happy to serve its unfriendly clients.
I hope Houthis threaten France to not take it, like how Hezbollah threatened Israel not to take it
I am a victim too. They take my working money into taxes to go to steal Yemen to enrich themselves and only themselves.
Great send the Huthis Modern and Heavy Arms to protect their sovereign country against the agressor.
NATO /WEST/US Imperialism lives on.
Macron is such an idiot. He will never be a Richelieu, Napoleon, or De Gaulle (or even a Chirac), no matter how hard he deludes himself.
Macron would be a good fit with Joe Biden and Hunter Biden :)
Macron = Maricon
After being kicked out of Mali, the French have such a marred reputation that I am shocked anyone would want them.