Turkish Airlines announced on Wednesday that it will resume flights to Damascus from January 23, after more than a decade of suspension due to the situation in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
“We will start flights to Damascus on January 23, with three flights a week,” the company’s managing director wrote on X.
Last week, Damascus International Airport received its first civilian flight from Doha, marking the first arrival from Qatar in 13 years, according to airport officials.
The resumption of the route, suspended due to strained relations under Syria’s previous leadership, came just weeks after the leadership’s collapse in December, signaling a possible thaw in ties between the new Syrian government and Doha.