Video shows bomb rock Damascus hotel where French President Macron is staying during Syrian state visit

A brace of explosions rocked the Syrian superior of Damascus adjacent the downtown Four Seasons hotel, wherever French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during a authorities visit, Syrian authorities media reported Tuesday.

Eighteen people, including 4 constabulary officers, were injured by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) connected Tuesday, Syria's interior ministry reported done authorities outlet SANA.

According to the ministry, some bombs exploded aft information forces had discovered them, "while preparations for the disposal cognition were underway."

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The bombs were placed wrong a car and a garbage tin adjacent the edifice wherever Macron was staying during his visit, the archetypal Syrian authorities sojourn by the person of a Western state since Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa took implicit for the now-deposed erstwhile President Bashar al-Assad successful 2025.

A spokesperson for Élysée Palace said Macron was not successful his edifice during the explosions and didn't adjacent perceive them. He continued his sojourn with al-Sharaa, according to some Élysée Palace and SANA.

France's President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa astatine the People's Palace successful Damascus, Syria, July 7, 2026. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano)

While not commenting connected the explosions directly, Macron posted a connection connected X soon aft the incident.

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"Nothing tin smother the aspiration of Syrian women and men to unrecorded successful a afloat sovereign, safe, pluralistic, and agreed Syria. This greeting I met Syria successful each its diversity. I saw dignity, courage, and determination. My sojourn continues," helium wrote.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa greets supporters aft gathering with President Donald Trump astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., NOV. 10, 2025. (Lubna Allababidi/Handout via REUTERS)

Syria's Ministry of the Interior confirmed the explosions but stressed that they were extracurricular the information perimeter designated for Macron.

"We corroborate that the detonation tract is extracurricular the information perimeter designated for the French president’s residence. It posed nary nonstop menace to the residence oregon the authoritative sojourn program, which is proceeding arsenic planned," the ministry announced done SANA.

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An ambulance drives past the tract wherever explosive devices blew up adjacent a edifice wherever French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to beryllium staying, successful Damascus, Syria, July 7, 2026. (REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar)

Macron is the archetypal Western person to conscionable with al-Sharaa successful Damascus since helium became the country's president successful 2025. Some person criticized Western leaders, including President Donald Trump, who hosted al-Sharaa successful the White House successful November, for normalizing relations with al-Sharaa fixed his past arsenic a combatant for the al Qaeda violent group.

Tuesday's explosions successful Damascus were besides the 2nd and 3rd large blasts successful Damascus successful little than a week.

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On Monday, France's authorities condemned what it called a "terrorist attack" aft an explosive instrumentality killed astatine slightest 9 radical successful a Damascus cafe connected July 2.

Syrian authorities are inactive investigating the onslaught and person not publically ascribed it to immoderate radical oregon individual, according to The Washington Post.

Fox News Digital contacted the Syrian Foreign Ministry and Élysée Palace for confirmation and further details.