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This is a list of airports in Syria, a country in Western Asia. Syria borders Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.
Latakia International Airport (IATA: LTK, ICAO: OSLK) (Arabic: مطار اللاذقية الدولي, romanized: Maṭār al-Lādhiqīyah al-Duwalī) is an international airport serving Latakia, [1] the principal port city of Syria. Until 2024 the airport was officially known as Bassel Al-Assad International Airport (Arabic: مطار باسل ...
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Transport in Syria is possible by rail, road, air or rivers, both public and private. Syria is an Asian country with a well-developed rail network (2,052 km) and a highway system (782 km). Main international airport is the Damascus International Airport in the capital, Damascus .
Damascus International Airport (Arabic: مَطَار دِمَشْق الدَّوْلِيّ, romanized: Maṭār Dimašq ad-Duwaliyy) (IATA: DAM, ICAO: OSDI) is the international airport of Damascus, the capital of Syria. Inaugurated in the mid-1970s, it also was the country's busiest airport.
Russian soldiers near the airport during the Battle of Aleppo. In January 2013, the facility closed due to the Syrian Civil War, [5] but after Syrian Army advances were made in the area, the airport briefly re-opened on 22 January 2014, welcoming its first civilian flight in more than a year (flights were suspended in December 2012), carrying foreign journalists to the city.
Khmeimim Air Base (Russian: Хмеймим), also Hmeimim Air Base (Arabic: حميميم), is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria and approximately 2 miles north-east of the coastal town of Jableh.
Ba'athist Syria: Part of: Former Ministry of Defense: March: We are the Eagles: Engagements: 1948 Arab-Israeli War; Six-Day War; Yom Kippur War; Lebanese Civil War; 1982 Lebanon War; Syrian Civil War; War in Iraq (2013–2017) [1] Commanders; Commander-in-Chief: Marshal Bashar al-Assad: Minister of Defence: Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud Abbas ...