Emirates airline to resume flights to Damascus in July – Middle East Monitor

The flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus as of next month.

Emirates said in a statement today that its first flight to Damascus will take off on 16 July.

The airline said that it will initially operate three flights weekly, with plans to increase to four weekly flights as of August.

The company said its decision to resume flights to Damascus came after a “thorough assessment conducted in…