Two explosions near the Four Seasons hotel in Damascus injure 18 people and prompt a security investigation that has sealed roads and widened checkpoints.Syrian authorities say one device was hidden in a parked vehicle and another in a garbage container and that specialists were attempting to defuse the devices when they detonated.Emmanuel Macron was already at the Presidential Palace, remained unharmed and continued meetings with Ahmed al-Sharaa and civil society groups after the blasts.The twin blasts follow a deadly bombing earlier this week and underscore the security challenges facing
Ahmed al-Sharaa as he seeks investment and ties with the
EU and the US while confronting
ISIS remnants.