2 hours ago French President Emmanuel Macron is harmless pursuing reports of explosions successful cardinal Damascus connected Tuesday morning, the Elysee Palace has said.
Macron is successful the superior for talks with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa astatine the statesmanlike palace.
A information root told the BBC the blasts were caused by 2 explosive devices and that respective radical person been wounded.
After travelling to Syria, Macron is acceptable to caput to Turkey for the Nato summit. The sojourn "continues arsenic planned", according to the Elysee Palace.
After reports of the detonation successful the city, videos and images connected societal media showed plumes of fume and flames rising from a conveyance adjacent a edifice successful the Syrian capital.
As those reports came in, Syrian authorities tv said that al-Sharaa had welcomed Macron to the statesmanlike palace.
The French president did not perceive immoderate explosions portion connected his mode to the meeting, his officials said.
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