Macron Says Syria Must Not Be Destabilised After Bombs Wound 18
Syria’s interior ministry said the blasts were planted in a car and garbage container as Macron pressed ahead with talks and 15 agreements.
- On Tuesday, July 7, twin explosions near a Damascus hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying wounded 18 people, including four police officers.
- The explosions are the second in the Syrian capital since Thursday, when 10 people were killed in a Damascus cafe bombing, overshadowing the first European Union state visit since Assad was toppled in late 2024.
- Macron traveled with business leaders including CMA CGM chief executive Rodolphe Saade and TotalEnergies head Patrick Pouyanne, as the two sides signed 15 bilateral agreements spanning civil aviation, health, banking, and infrastructure.
- Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa announced an agreement to exchange resident ambassadors between Damascus and Paris, signaling a return to normal diplomatic relations despite the security threats.
- Macron will depart for Ankara on Tuesday evening to attend a NATO summit, while Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad vowed to "confront terrorism in all its forms.
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Bombs in the Syrian capital just in conjunction with Macron's visit and the meeting with Trump in Turkey raise doubts about the real control of the country by the former jihadist who became president. With an army that is "absorbing" more than sixty million but without dismantling local hypotentates. And with international actors who persecute different objectives on the "new Syria."
Bomb Blasts Jolt Macron’s Damascus Gamble
France’s high‑stakes re‑engagement with post‑Assad Syria is unfolding in real time: Emmanuel Macron’s landmark visit to Damascus, designed to fuse diplomacy with business and cement France’s role in Syria’s reconstruction, was literally shaken by bomb attacks that wounded 18 people near his hotel—underlining that the race for influence is happening in a country where the...
Explosions rock Damascus on second day of Macron's visit to Syria
Explosions rocked Syria's capital on Tuesday as France's president met with his counterpart in a landmark visit, with at least 18 people wounded, Syria's Interior Ministry said. It was the second attack to rock Damascus in a week and a setback for new President Ahmad al-Sharaa as he welcomed the first visit from a major Western leader since the ouster of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad by insurgent groups in late 2024. Syria's new rulers have …
Two small-scale bombs exploded almost simultaneously on Tuesday morning near the hotel where the French president had just spent the night. The head of state had already gone to the presidential palace for interviews with his counterpart Ahmed Al-Charaa.
Despite bombings, the French president carried out his planned program when he became the first Western leader since the fall of al-Assad to visit Syria with offers of reconstruction assistance.
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