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Pakistan, Syria resume air traffic

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The first Pakistani flight to Syria in over two decades years had landed in Damascus, the Syrian state media reported. The Pakistan Internatio­nal Airlines (PIA) plane arrived Friday at the Damascus Internatio­nal Airport from Karachi, signalling the return of air traffic between the two countries suspended for more than 20 years.

The flight carried a Pakistani team led by Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan and 286 passengers, launching the reoperatio­n of flights between Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and Damascus.

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