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French President Emmanuel Macron safe after bomb blasts near his hotel in Damascus
CBS News ^ | July 7, 2026

Posted on 07/07/2026 3:26:06 AM PDT by McGruff

France's President Emmanuel Macron escaped what may have been an attempted assassination Tuesday during a visit to Syria's capital. The French presidential palace, the Elysee, said in a statement that Macron was safe and would continue his visit to Damascus after two bombs exploded outside the hotel where he spent the night.

Macron had left the hotel when the explosions took place Tuesday, and he was in the Syrian presidential palace for a meeting with his counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa and their respective delegations, according to the French presidency.

State media cited an unnamed security official as saying the blasts were caused by explosive devices, and a source told French news agency AFP that one bomb had been placed in a dumpster and another in a vehicle near the Four Seasons Hotel.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; France; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; News/Current Events; Yemen
KEYWORDS: 202607; 20260707; ahmedalsharaa; alsharaa; emmanuelmacron; france; hamas; hezbollah; iran; iraq; irgc; lebanon; macron; syria; yemen

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1 posted on 07/07/2026 3:26:06 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Welcome to the party, Macron. They want you dead as much as they want us dead and for the same reason: we’re not Muslims. Jewish, Christian, Hindu, even atheists. They hate us and want us dead because we either passively or actively reject their worldview and everything that comes with it.

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2 posted on 07/07/2026 3:33:32 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Celtic Conservative
Welcome to the party, Macron.

Turkey's scheme in Syria is the blueprint for France.

3 posted on 07/07/2026 3:37:02 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: everyone

Rumor is the France has surrendered.


4 posted on 07/07/2026 3:40:04 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

DAMN! Missed him! Can’t rely on Syrian government bomb experts...


5 posted on 07/07/2026 3:41:05 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: McGruff

The best and brightest of that nation either emigrated or died in Flanders fields a century ago.

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6 posted on 07/07/2026 3:43:20 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Probably Iran.


7 posted on 07/07/2026 3:46:30 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: McGruff

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.


8 posted on 07/07/2026 3:48:46 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: McGruff

Is Brigitte okay !?!


9 posted on 07/07/2026 3:49:11 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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He’s fine


10 posted on 07/07/2026 3:51:03 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: piasa

“Probably Iran.”

Maybe so. Is Macron contemplating sending naval vessels to Hormuz?


11 posted on 07/07/2026 3:52:41 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: McGruff
...State media cited an unnamed security official as saying the blasts were caused by explosive devices, and a source told French news agency AFP that one bomb had been placed in a dumpster and another in a vehicle near the Four Seasons Hotel...

French state agency AFP. Interesting they left that one word out, eh?

12 posted on 07/07/2026 4:13:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/syria/article/2026/07/07/explosions-rock-damascus-during-french-president-macron-s-visit_6755225_229.html

A literal dumpster fire.


13 posted on 07/07/2026 4:16:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: McGruff

Dang! Just can’t seem to find any competent bombers these days....


14 posted on 07/07/2026 4:25:46 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: McGruff

I don’t see how they linked Macron with this at all.


15 posted on 07/07/2026 4:34:32 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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Exploding dumpsters. Sounds like a Mossad operation.
16 posted on 07/07/2026 4:45:14 AM PDT by McGruff
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Well I hope the blast didn’t make him more tone deaf than he already was.


17 posted on 07/07/2026 5:31:46 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: McGruff

“the blasts were caused by explosive devices.” You don’t say.


18 posted on 07/07/2026 5:40:25 AM PDT by pas
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An explosion in a dumpster outside a hotel that Macron has already left, seems a little false flag to me.


19 posted on 07/07/2026 5:45:44 AM PDT by Starstruck ( Living life, Binge watching re-runs of actual history.)
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To: McGruff
Is the primary - or strongest - leader in Damascus, Syria, still the guy who was a former Al-Qaeda executive?

Syria - what a sick dysfunctional country.

Is Turkey Dictator-President Erdogan still trying occupy big chunks of northern Turkey?

20 posted on 07/07/2026 6:01:08 AM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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