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Aleppo Airport Reopens for First Time Since 2012
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February 19, 2020
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0:50Now PlayingA Syrian commercial flight landed at Aleppo airport on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of domestic flights between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012 - even as nearby, the government's onslaught continued with airstrikes reportedly hitting several rebel-held towns and villages.
The flight carrying Syrian officials and journalists was a symbolic message from President Bashar Assad's government, days after its forces consolidated control over the northwestern province of Aleppo and seized the last segments of the strategic M5 highway linking Aleppo to Damascus.
The motorway between Syria’s two biggest cities was being repaired and was scheduled to reopen in coming days, for the first time in eight years.
Backed by heavy Russian air strikes, government forces have for weeks been pushing a crushing military campaign to recapture the Aleppo countryside and parts of neighbouring Idlib province in northwestern Syria, the last rebel-held areas in the country.
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