A Syrian Airlines plane bound for Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates took off at around 11:45 am ... "Today marks a new beginning," Damascus airport director Anis Fallouh told AFP.

An Egyptian aid plane touched down at Damascus airport on Saturday carrying Cairo's first humanitarian delivery since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad last month, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.

International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led rebels ...