International flights resume at Damascus airport

International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led forces toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month.There was an air of excitement at the terminal, AFP journalists saw, with arriving passengers chanting and cheering, some draped in the country’s three-star independence flag.Syrians carrying colourful balloons and flowers greeted passengers who arrived on the first Qatari commercial flight in nearly 13 years…
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