Officials say that Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade.

Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Syria for the first time in 13 years, with three weekly flights between Istanbul and Damascus starting on Thursday. The announcement was made by Bilal Eksi, CEO of Türkiye’s national carrier, who shared the news on the social media platform X, stating, “We are returning to Damascus.”

Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade, officials have confirmed following a visit by a delegation of Syria’s new, Turkey-backed rulers.

Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Syria's capital Damascus later this month, CEO Bilal Eksi said Wednesday on X. Flights to Damascus will begin on Jan. 23, with three per week, he added. Turkish Airlines suspended all flights to Syria following the outbreak of the civil war in 2011.

Turkish Airlines said Wednesday that it would resume flights to Damascus from January 23 after more than a decade, following the fall of Syria's strongman president Bashar Al-Assad.

Bilal Ekşi, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, announced on X, “We will begin our flights to Damascus on Thursday, Jan. 23, with three flights per week.”

Turkish airlines has announced that it will resume flights to Syria’s capital, Damascus, later this month, according to a statement from the airline’s CEO, Bilal Eksi, made on Wednesday via social media platform X.

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