Optimistic tone of Macron's visit doesn't hide precariousness of Syria's security

According to France 24, a bomb wounded at least eighteen people near the Four Seasons hotel in Damascus — the building where the French president had been staying, though he had already left. The attack underscored how precarious Syria's security remains even as Macron and al-Sharaa, a year after al-Sharaa's visit to Paris, signaled eagerness to deepen economic ties.

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