{"id":81928,"date":"2026-07-07T12:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=81928"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:52:57","slug":"blasts-hit-damascus-during-macron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/blasts-hit-damascus-during-macron\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts hit Damascus during Macron visit: Two bombs explode near Tourism Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two explosions rocked Damascus during French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s visit to Syria. Local sources said bombs planted in a minibus and a garbage container detonated on one of the busiest streets in the capital.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ambulances sent to the scene<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to local sources, the explosions occurred near the Tourism Ministry building.<\/p>\n<p>Several ambulances were dispatched to the area, while authorities have not yet released an official statement on possible casualties or injuries.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Macron was at the presidential palace<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The blasts reportedly happened near the hotel where <a title=\"Macron fires back at Trump: \u201cNeither pleasant nor dignified\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/macron-fires-back-at-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Macron<\/a> was staying in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the explosions, the French President was said to be at the Presidential Palace for talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Damascus had recently seen another attack<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On July 2, a bomb attack targeted a caf\u00e9 near the Palace of Justice on the road leading to Hamidiyeh Market in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>That attack killed 10 people and injured 21 others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SON DAK\u0130KA\ud83d\udea8\u015eam'da S\u0131cak Dakikalar! Macron'un Konaklad\u0131\u011f\u0131 Otelin Yak\u0131n\u0131nda Patlama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DfBd3KigGPA\" width=\"337\" height=\"599\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two explosions rocked Damascus during French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s visit to Syria. Local sources said bombs planted in a minibus and a garbage container detonated on one of the busiest streets in the capital. Ambulances sent to the scene According to local sources, the explosions occurred near the Tourism Ministry building. Several ambulances were dispatched &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":81929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[80081,10542,77586,11660,960,9002,3910,80413],"class_list":["post-81928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-ahmed-al-sharaa","tag-damascus","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-explosion","tag-france","tag-syria","tag-tourism-ministry","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81930,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81928\/revisions\/81930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}