Iraqi passenger jet will arrive at the Damascus international airport for the first time since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud told Sputnik
DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th August, 2018) Iraqi passenger jet will arrive at the Damascus international airport for the first time since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud told Sputnik.
"It is expected that the first Iraqi passenger plane will arrive at the international airport of Damascus today," Hammoud said.
According to the minister, this will become the first flight from Iraq to Syria since the air travel suspension in 2011. He stressed that this move was a result of the Syrian army's victory over terrorism.
