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