Damascus International Airport, Assad and Syria

Damascus Airport resumes international flights after fall of Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s Damascus Airport have resumed international flight operations for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Syria’s main airport
A Qatar Airways plane, in the background is the first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad to land at Damascus international airport on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Omar Sanadiki/AP)
Syria’s Damascus International Airport to resume global flights following the fall of Assad’s regime
International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew the former regime last month.
Syria: First international flight lands in Damascus since overthrow of Assad
The first international flight has landed in Syria since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad last month. The flight from Qatar landed around 1pm at Damascus International Airport, according to AFP correspondents, the first from the Gulf state in 13 years.
Video. Syria reopens international air travel as flight lands in Damascus
Video. On 7 January, Qatar Airways made the first international commercial flight to Damascus since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands in Syria’s capital
The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed at the Damascus airport arriving from Qatar.
International commercial flights resume at Damascus airport
The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad landed at Damascus airport on Jan. 7.
International Flights To Syria Resume Since Fall of al-Assad
A Qatar Airways plane became the first to land at Damascus airport since the ousting of the government of former President Bashar al-Assad last month, as Syria’s interim leaders hope to reassert a semblance of normalcy in the country.
Syrian families reunite as Damascus reopens international flights
Passengers at Damascus airport hugged their families and cried with joy on Tuesday (January 7), as international flights resumed for the first time since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime last month.
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