O n july 6th Emmanuel Macron, the French president, became the first major western leader to visit Syria since the toppling of the Assad dictatorship. He brought with him a coteri

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French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Syria, becoming the first major western leader to visit since Bashar al-Assad's ouster in 2024.

For decades, such meetings would have been almost unimaginable. During his recent visit to Beirut, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met Lebanon’s three top state leaders as well as

Syrian Foreign Minister al-Shaibani met Hezbollah ally Berri during visit, as Trump calls for Syria to disarm group.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is the first Western European leader to have met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, in a landmark visit for the country's post-Assad era. A question is at the centre of the visit: How can Syria build itself back after years of wars?

Syria has strongly condemned the attack targeting oil tankers belonging to Saudi Arabia and Qatar while transiting the Strait of