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Cover ministre syrien des Affaires étrangères Asaad al-Shaibani à son arrivée à l’aéroport international de Damas, dans le cadre d’une visite d’État, le 6 juillet 2026. © Ludovic Marin, AFP
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As Iran buries its Supreme Guide who was killed last February, and Hamas started to disarm in Gaza, Emmanuel Macron is going to Damascus, for the first visit of a French President since Nicolas Sarkozy met the deposed President Bachar Al-Assad in 2009. The timing of this visit raises questions, as well as the objectives of the French President when meeting his Syrian counterpart Ahmed Al-Shareh.
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