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Macron Becomes First Major Western Leader to Visit Syria Since Assad's Ouster as France Backs Political Transition

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French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Syria on Monday, becoming the first leader of a major Western country to visit Damascus since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government, a symbolic diplomatic breakthrough that underscores how rapidly the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East has shifted following more than a decade of civil war.

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Emmanuel Macron is on a visit to Syria, a first for a Western head of state since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, at the end of 2024. This displacement occurred while a bomb attack killed ten people in a Damascus café last Thursday. The explanations with Thomas Pierret, researcher at the Institute for Research and Studies on the Arab and Muslim World (Iremam), specialist of Syria.

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France24 broke the news in France on Monday, July 6, 2026.
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