FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen at the damaged site of Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad l Mohammed/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - France has deployed a radar system on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia to beef up its ally's defences after missile attacks on the kingdom's oil infrastructure in September, French officials said.
Paris has blamed Iran for carrying out the drone and missile attack, which crippled the world's biggest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, and had promised to provide assistance to prevent a repeat of the incident.
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