The Syrian Minister of Transport, Ali Hammoud, announced today, Monday, the reopening of Aleppo International Airport, nine years after its suspension.
According to the Syrian Arab News Agency "SANA", Hammoud indicated that the airport will start its work next Wednesday and that the first flight will be from Damascus airport to Aleppo, with a schedule of flights to Cairo and Damascus in the next few days.
Last August, the governor of Aleppo Hussein Diab had announced that the international airport was ready and that it would be reopened soon after a solution was found to tackle its security concerns.
The reopening of the airport came after the Syrian regime forces restored most of the areas controlled by armed factions in the northern province of Aleppo.
On Sunday, February 16, 2020, the city of Aleppo celebrated the end of the battle after the Syrian Arab Army captured the last remaining areas under militant control.
The Syrian army announced yesterday that it had regained control over dozens of villages and towns in the western and northwestern countryside of Aleppo, indicating its progress on ground.
The General Command of the Army said in a statement that in a relatively short time, the army could get full control of dozens of villages in Aleppo, most notably Huritan, Andan, and Kafr Hamra, as well as a large number of residential blocks, factories, pisions, and ruling hills, in addition to opening crossings (Miznar and Majjirz) in the western countryside of Aleppo and the city of Saraqib.
The statement confirmed the army’s continued progress in the field, and “its insistence on pursuing its tasks in eliminating the remaining terrorist organizations wherever they are found along the Syrian territory.”
Yasmine Sayed contributed to this article
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