War in the Middle East: Where does France stand?
Since US-Israeli strikes against Iran began last Saturday, France has taken what President Emmanuel Macron calls a “strictly defensive” posture. On Tuesday, Macron said the US-Israel operations in Iran were conducted “outside international law”, while announcing the deployment of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and other military assets to the Mediterranean. So where does France stand? FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali explains.