Qatar is planning to help finance a massive boost in public sector wages promised by Syria's new government, a U.S. official and a senior diplomat said, vital assistance to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus a month after they toppled Bashar al-Assad.

Sham took power from Assad on Dec. 8 in a lightning offensive and have since installed an interim government that has promised a 400% salary increase for public sector workers.

Dr Majid bin Mohammed al Ansari, Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Tuesday that Qatar has been continuing its efforts 'in various ways

Could the return of Qatar Airways to Damascus tempt other international airlines to put the Syrian capital back on the route map?

The national airline of Qatar has announced that it will resume weekly flights to Syria 13 years after cancelling operations. Qatar Airways will offer three weekly flights between Qatar and Damascus, Syria, from Tuesday (7 January). In 2011, flights by the carrier to and from Damascus and Aleppo were cancelled amid Syria’s civil war.

Syria's main airport in Damascus to resume international flights starting Tuesday after such commercial trips were halted following last month's ousting of..

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received on Monday a phone call from UK

Qatar Airways has cut its planned expansion to the US for summer 2025, reducing the number of frequencies to Los Angeles and New York. The Doha-based carrier currently operates over 100 weekly flights to the US, providing connections to 11 destinations.

The foreign minister of Syria's interim government has visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar in a bid to establish new diplomatic relations.