PARIS (AP) — Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Paris on Wednesday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron. It’s his first trip to Europe since taking office in January, and a possible opening to broader ties with Western countries.

By bnm Gulf bureau Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Paris on Wednesday for his first European visit since coming to power after his Islamist forces ousted longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad last December,

The visit comes amid renewed sectarian bloodshed, coming a week after clashes between forces loyal to al-Sharaa and fighters from the minority Druze sect that left nearly 100 people dead. View on euro