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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that French Rafale fighter jets had taken out Iranian drones targeting the UAE as part of Iran's strikes on Gulf countries following U.S and Israeli attacks.
"We have already responded to the request from our partners, particularly the United Arab Emirates, with military capabilities that we were able to provide them. All of this with a simple objective that is strictly defensive: to enable our partners to defend themselves against this aggression that they did not provoke," he said.
Barrot said several repatriation flights for French nationals in the Middle East were planned for Wednesday.
"One will depart from the United Arab Emirates, another from Egypt to repatriate vulnerable ones from Israel," Barrot told France 2 TV.
Barrot declined to say how many people would be on the flights. Around 400,000 French nationals are in the region.
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