Turkish Airlines to resume flights to Damascus after 13 years of war - Bilal Eksi, CEO of the national carrier, confirmed the news on X

Officials say that Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade.

"Israel and all others attacking in Syria must end their aggressive actions at once," the Turkish president said.

Officials hoisted Turkish flag to country's consulate building in Aleppo, a key Syrian city, as diplomatic mission reopened 12 years later on

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye has broken and dismantled the terrorist corridor that was being formed in northern Syria from four

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Syria's new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani discussed steps to be taken to protect the

Turkish Airlines is resuming flights to the Syrian capital, Damascus (DAM), and to Benghazi (BEN), Libya’s second city, from its Istanbul (IST) hub. The two destinations had featured on Turkish Airlines’ network in the past but were discontinued due to the military and political situation in both countries.

The new administration’s first visit to Ankara comes amid an intensifying struggle for the partition of Syria between the states behind the overthrow of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by jihadists led by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

Zafer Sırakaya, deputy chair of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), was the first high-ranking official of Türkiye’s ruling party to

Ankara, SANA-Turkey has reiterated its support for the efforts of the new Syrian administration in ensuring the preservation of Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

For Israel, Turkish President Erdoğan might become the next existential threat as he envisions a neo-Ottoman empire.

Gaziantep carpet makers in southeastern Türkiye have started working to renovate the carpets of the historical Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. After the