DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities said on Wednesday that the blasts that hit central Damascus during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit a day earlier killed one person and wounded dozens. In a statement carried by state media, the Syrian health ministry said that “the final toll from the two explosions that occurred...

The French president's office said that Macron was safe and that his meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa would continue as scheduled.

Syrian authorities said 18 people were wounded by two blasts in central Damascus on Tuesday near the hotel where France’s president spent the night, with