Syria reopens Aleppo airport after nearly 8 yrs

The Syrian government has reopened the Aleppo airport after it was closed down nearly eight years ago. The reopening on Wednesday came after regime forces, backed by Russian troops, re-took control of Aleppo’s countryside from rebels earlier this week, in the northwest of the war-ravaged country, reports Efe news. Transport Minister Ali Hammoud told a group of accompanied journalists aboard the first flight to Aleppo from Damascus that the international airport “is one of the most important in Syria”. He added the airfield was “ready to start receiving airplanes and passengers from and to Aleppo”. “The airport used to have a capacity of 2.5 million passengers annually, which shows the economic activity of Aleppo,” Hammoud explained. (IANS)

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