From Syria’s first commercial flight since ousting of Assad takes off from Damascus
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A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark from a Syrian Air aircraft arriving from Damascus, at the airport of the northern city of Aleppo on December 18, 2024 (Muhammad HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
The first commercial flight since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad takes off from Damascus airport, offering Syrians a glimmer of hope after years of war and decades of oppression.
Earlier this week, airport staff painted the three-star independence flag on planes, a symbol of the 2011 uprising now adopted by the transitional authorities.
In the terminal, the new flag also replaces the one linked to Assad’s era.
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