India, July 6 -- French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Syria in the coming days, Syrian state media reported Sunday, a visit that would make him the first Western head of state to set foot in the country since the abrupt collapse of Bashar Assad's government in December 2024.

The announcement came from Syria's state-run SANA news agency, which cited the office of interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in confirming the trip but offered no timeline for when Macron would arrive, according to reporting by The Associated Press. The French presidential palace, for its part, did not respond to requests for comment on the visit.

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