Syria’s Damascus Airport have resumed international flight operations for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime

Qatar Airways made the first international commercial flight to Damascus since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. View on euronews

People from Doha of Qatar arrive at the Damascus International Airport, in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 7, 2025. Damascus International Airport received its first civilian flight from Doha on Tuesday, marking the first arrival from Qatar in 13 years, according to airport officials. (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

The first Qatari commercial flight in nearly 13 years landed in Damascus on Tuesday, AFP correspondents said, as international traffic resumed at Syria's main airport nearly a month after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad.

Flights from Doha to Damascus International Airport will resume on Tuesday after a 13-year break, national airline Qatar Airways has said. The airline had ceased to service routes to Damascus and Aleppo in 2011 due to the country's civil war.

The national airline of Qatar has announced that it will resume weekly flights to Syria 13 years after cancelling operations. Qatar Airways will offer three weekly flights between Qatar and Damascus, Syria, from Tuesday (7 January). In 2011, flights by the carrier to and from Damascus and Aleppo were cancelled amid Syria’s civil war.

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad landed at Damascus airport on Jan. 7.

Syria’s Damascus airport to resume operating international flights Damascus airport in Syria will resume operating international flights. Qatar Airways plane will land for the first time after 13 years of suspension.