DAMASCUS ¨C Two bombs exploded near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron had spent the night, but his office said he did not hear ?the explosions and he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa soon afterwards on Tuesday.
Syrian authorities said 18 people were wounded by the blasts, overshadowing the first ?visit ?to Syria by a European Union head of state since Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad in 2024, and underlining continued ?security threats in the country.
The explosions struck a busy area between the Syrian Tourism Ministry and the national museum across the street from the Four Seasons hotel, where a source in Macron¡¯s delegation and Syrian security sources said he had spent the night and had met civil society groups ?on Tuesday morning.
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