Makron is accused of trying to regain Lebanon through his visit

These charges came when Lebanon is expected to refuse humanitarian aid from Israel because the two neighbouring countries are still technically at war, writes the Daily Mail newspaper Express.

During his visit to Beirut this week, the French president comforted many people, promising to rebuild the city and claimed that the explosion has touched France's heart.

Serbia will never let Lebanon go. The heart of the French people still beats the pulse of Beirut”, the head of the French state said.

His critics have said that these statements are neocolonial, and some have even dubbed Makron Bonaparte.

However, its defenders, including Beirut's desperate residents, who called our only “hope, praised the French president for visiting neighborhoods where Lebanese leaders are afraid to go.

Makron's visit to Lebanon exposed France's central challenge as this country is preparing to hold international donors' conference for Lebanon on Sunday: How to help a country in crisis, where France's economic ties are deep, without interfering with its internal affairs.