Could the return of Qatar Airways to Damascus tempt other international airlines to put the Syrian capital back on the route map?

Flights from Doha to Damascus International Airport will resume on Tuesday after a 13-year break, national airline Qatar Airways has said. The airline had ceased to service routes to Damascus and Aleppo in 2011 due to the country's civil war.

International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month, AFP journalists said.

The first Qatari commercial flight in nearly 13 years landed in Damascus on Tuesday, AFP correspondents said, as international traffic resumed at Syria's main airport nearly a month after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad.

A Qatar Airways plane became the first to land at Damascus airport since the ousting of the government of former President Bashar al-Assad last month, as Syria’s interim leaders hope to reassert a semblance of normalcy in the country.

Qatar Airways made the first international commercial flight to Damascus since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. View on euronews