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Syria's Aleppo Airport Resumes Flights Amid Nearby Offensive

Associated Press

   ALEPPO, SYRIA - A 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.

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