First flight since Assad's fall takes off from Damascus airport

Forty-three people including journalists were on board the plane

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A Syrian Air aircraft taxis at the tarmac before a flight to the city of Aleppo, on December 18, 2024, at Damascus international airport. AFP file

By AFP

Published: Wed 18 Dec 2024, 12:07 PM

The first flight since the ouster of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad took off on Wednesday from Damascus airport to Aleppo in the country's north, AFP journalists saw.

Forty-three people including journalists were on board the plane. Assad fled Syria as a lightning rebel offensive wrested from his control city after city. His army and security forces abandoned Damascus airport on December 8.

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Published: Wed 18 Dec 2024, 12:07 PM

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