Syria Hopes To Reopen Air Traffic With Turkey

Syria's Latakia Condition after the fall of the Assad/PHOTO regime of White Helmets/ X @SyriaCivivilDef

ANKARA - The Syrian interim government hopes to reopen flights to Istanbul, Ankara, and other cities in Turkey, Turkish newspaper Dunya reported, citing the head of Syria Airlines aircraft maintenance department, Samer Radi.

Syria will first resume domestic flights and plan to then re-launch international air traffic, the report said on Sunday.

Damascus International Airport is said to be reopening on December 18 after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad's government by opposition forces last week.

Damascus, the Syrian capital, fell to armed opposition forces on December 8. Reporting from Sputnik, Russian officials said Assad resigned after negotiating with parties involved in the Syrian conflict, and then went to Russia. In that country, he was granted asylum by the Russian government.

Furthermore, the government was taken over by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group and other opposition groups.

The groups on December 10 appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as prime minister to lead the interim government until March 2025.