France raised the flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus 12 years after cutting ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad amid ...

with a flypast trailing the colours of the French flag, was the first backdrop for this diplomatic theatre, with President Emmanuel Macron pulling out all the stops for his royal visitors.

France raised its flag Tuesday at its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus after it had been closed for more than 12 years. French special envoy for Syria Jean-Francois Guillaume and a ...