1st flight departs Damascus International Airport after Assad's fall

13:1418/12/2024, Wednesday
U: 18/12/2024, Wednesday
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Syrian Airlines passenger plane takes off from Damascus for Aleppo, marking 1st flight since fall of Bashar Assad's regime

he airport in Syria's capital Damascus on Wednesday resumed flight operations following the fall earlier this month of the Baath regime.

A Syrian Airlines passenger plane from Damascus Airport landed at Aleppo, marking the first flight between the two cities – the country's largest – since the regime's collapse.


The airport, which ceased flights after the regime's collapse on Dec. 8, reopened after preparations were completed.


Bashar Assad, Syria's leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime groups took control of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party regime, which had been in power since 1963.

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