France’s President Emmanuel Macron escaped what may have been an attempted a.ssassination Tuesday during a visit to Syria’s capital
The French presidential palace, the Elysee, said in a statement that Macron was safe and would continue his visit to Damascus after two bombs exploded outside the hotel where he spent the night.
Macron had left the hotel when the explosions took place, and he was in the Syrian presidential palace for a meeting with his counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa and their respective delegations, according to the French presidency.
State media cited an unnamed security official as saying the blasts were caused by explosive devices, and a source told French news agency AFP that one bomb had been placed in a dumpster and another in a vehicle near the Four Seasons Hotel.
Syrian state TV said 18 people were wounded, including four police officers, but there was no confirmation of casualties directly from officials.
There was also no immediate claim of responsibility by any criminal or terrorist group.
In his own brief statement, posted later Tuesday on X, Macron did not mention the explosions directly but said nothing could “smother the aspiration of Syrian women and men to live in a fully sovereign, safe, pluralistic, and united Syria,” adding: “My visit continues.”
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