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Syria resumes commercial flights out of Damascus

The first international flight in six months departed today for Cairo.
Passengers, wearing protective face masks, arrive at the Damascus International airport in the Syrian capital on October 1, 2020. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria today resumed international passenger flights out of the Damascus airport some six months after authorities suspended air travel as part of coronavirus restrictions. 

Syrian Airlines will fly from Damascus International Airport to regional locations, including Cairo and Beirut, and resume a weekly flight to Khartoum, Sudan, according to Reuters. The national flag carrier will also pick up ad hoc flights to Kuwait. 

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