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Kuwait’s Jazeera airways resume flights to Syria in over than decade
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways has recommenced direct flights to Syria following a 13-year suspension, according to reports from Syrian media on Thursday. The first flight operated by the airline landed at Damascus International Airport on...
Jazeera Airways Restarts Direct Flights to Syria
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) After more than a decade-long break, Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways has restarted its non-stop service to Syria, as reported by Syrian outlets on Thursday. As per an official Syrian news outlet, the inaugural flight operated by the Kuwaiti...
Syrian Airlines Coordinates Alternative Flights for Those Affected by the Air Closure
SANA
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June 28, 2025
Damascus, SANA – Syrian Airlines called on all passengers whose flights were canceled during the air closure period, and who have not yet been assigned to alternative flights, to contact it. Syrian Airlines explained on its Telegram channel that...
7/3/2025 travel issues travel issues Your Lost Suitcase Is Probably in Alabama By Wells Tower We found your bag! And everyone else’s lost luggage.
New York Mag
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July 3, 2025
Lost luggage from around the country arrives by truck at Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama. Photo: Charity Rachelle for New York Magazine This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up...
The global fallout of Trump’s travel bans
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump’s sweeping orders banning citizens of 12 countries, international students, and his threats to ban Nigeria and 35 other countries from travelling to the United States—whether anchored under the guise of national security,...
Syria’s Kurds After Assad
Jacobin
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More than six months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the fate of Syria’s Kurdish population remains uncertain. While new president Ahmed al-Sharaa declared a new interim constitution in March, the great unmentioned question was the...
UAE airfares rise by up to 20 per cent as travel hits summer peak
The National News
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The beginning of school summer holidays brings with it an annual period of busy air travel. Last week, Emirates reported an expected 30,000 daily passenger count between June 25 and 30, and Dubai International Airport announced that about 3.4...
Syria reports Casualties from explosive remnants of war
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 28, 2025
Local news channels, quoted by the Syria TV channel, reported that Antar Hamid al-Asaad, an 8-year-old boy, was killed by a hand grenade explosion in the village of Al-Shuhail, east of Deir ez-Zor. They added that a man died and his nephew, a...
Syria Plans to Build New Airports as Part of Aviation Sector Overhaul
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com The head of Syria’s General Civil Aviation Authority, Ashhad Al-Sulaibi, announced that the government is planning to build new airports to improve the country’s air travel sector. In an interview with...
Jazeera Airways resumes flights to Syria
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality July 2025 192 Kuwait's Jazeera Airways has resumed direct flights between Kuwait and Damascus, marking a milestone for the first time in over 13 years. Kuwait's Jazeera Airways has resumed direct flights between...
Flydubai To Resume Daily Damascus Flights As Airspace Reopens
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Dubai carrier flydubai will resume daily flights to Damascus, Syria from Thursday, June 26 "This move comes as more airspace in the region reopens, and restrictions are lifted,” a spokesperson for flydubai confirmed to...
Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations
UN News
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June 28, 2025
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons which are expected to help reveal the fate of the more than 100,000 Syrians estimated to have been forcibly...
2,500 citizens with Turkish citizenship returned to Syria during the past 24 hours
SANA
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July 2, 2025
Damascus, SANA – Director of Relations at the General Authority for Land and Sea Ports, Mazen Alloush confirmed that the number of Syrian citizens holding Turkish citizenship who returned to Syria through various border crossings over the past 24...
UAE Travel: Air Arabia To Resume Flights To Damascus From July 10
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Air Arabia announced on Monday that it will resume direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus on July 10, ending a long suspension. The Sharjah-based carrier suspended its route to the city in 2012 after the outbreak of...
U.S. Updates Travel Warning for Israel, West Bank, and Gaza
Travel Market Report - New York
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The U.S. State Department this week issued a new travel advisory for Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, as conflicts in the area continue to escalate over the past few weeks. The new update is not advising Americans to avoid travel to the region...
Trust but Verify: Syria’s New President Courts Peace After Sanctions Lifted
Media Line
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July 2, 2025
US and Israel weigh the risks of engaging with Syria’s former jihadist leader Last month, my fellow human rights activist the Rev. Johnnie Moore and I met across from UN headquarters in New York with Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. He...
Syria’s President Ahmed Al Sharaa Reportedly Interested in Visiting Morocco
Morocco World News
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June 27, 2025
Rabat – Syria is formalizing a new chapter in its diplomatic relationship with Morocco, extending traditional ties between the two countries. i24News reported, citing a Syrian source familiar with the matter, that Morocco has been officially...
Syrian teenager charged over plot against Taylor Swift concerts
The National News
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German prosecutors said on Friday they had filed charges against a Syrian youth and alleged ISIS supporter linked to a 2024 attack plot on a Vienna concert by US pop megastar Taylor Swift. The suspect, named only as Mohammad A., was accused of...
Syria in the Moment
Allegra Lab
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June 27, 2025
While thinking optimistically about politics is never wise, it is impossible not to share in the euphoria of Syrians for having, on December 8, welcomed the end of fifty-four years of brutal dictatorship. Syrians took to the streets—as well as...
What will Pope Leo's 'vacation' be like?
Rome Reports
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July 2, 2025
July is the month in which most popes reduce their schedule. Many official, public, and private events are canceled. For example, general audiences at the Vatican are suspended for July. In the case of Pope Leo XIV, he has also canceled the...