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Two blasts near Damascus hotel

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Two explosions took place in central Damascus on Tuesday near the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, a Syrian security source told AFP.

One of the bombs was placed in a dumpster and the other in a vehicle near the Four Seasons Hotel, the source said.

The French president had already left the hotel for the presidential palace, where he is meeting Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, according to an AFP team on the scene.

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