Overview

• Deadly clashes between Druze and Sunni Bedouin in Suweida from July 13 to 20 killed over 1,300 people, mostly Druze, before a ceasefire took effect on July 20.
• President Macron hosted interim Syrian leader Ahmad al-Charaa at the Élysée on July 26 to reinforce France’s support for Syria’s fragile post-Assad transition.
• Macron described repeat violence as “imperative to avoid,” urged prosecutors to pursue perpetrators of the Suweida massacres and stressed the need to shelter civilians.
• France, Syria’s transitional authorities and the United States agreed to convene new Paris talks at the earliest opportunity to integrate Kurdish institutions into the Syrian state.
• He called for good-faith talks between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Damascus and endorsed cooperation with Israel to stabilize the Syria-Lebanon border.