International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since anti-regime forces toppled Bashar al Assad last month. A Syrian Air flight bound for Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, took off at around 11:45 am (0845 GMT), marking the first international commercial flight from the airport since December 8. “Today marks a new beginning,” Damascus airport director Anis Fallouh told AFP. “We started welcoming outbound and inbound international flights,” he said, adding that the first flight was bound for Sharjah.
