French President Macron landed in Syria and will hold a working dinner with Syrian President Sharaa before further meetings on Tuesday, according to an agenda from the French presi

French President Macron landed in Syria and will hold a working dinner with Syrian President Sharaa before further meetings on Tuesday, according to an agenda from the French presidency. Link French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Syria in first visit to post-Assaad Damascus by EU head The visit underlines Syria's geopolitical transformation under Sharaa, a former al Qaeda commander who has established close ties with Western and Middle Eastern powers that shunned Assad.