Cleaning staff were removed broken furniture, glass windows, and trash from ransacking by looters following the demise of the al Assad regime.
Officials said the operations to clean up the airport aimed to encourage international airlines to resume their flights to Damascus.
Officials said the operations to clean up the airport aimed to encourage international airlines to resume their flights to Damascus.
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00:00Syria's new administration has taken over the country's main international airport after
00:07security forces of the deposed Bashar al-Assad government and staff withdrew, grounding flights
00:14and stranding passengers.
00:16The airport has not been functional since.
00:20Now, security members of the rebel alliance in control of Syria have taken over Damascus
00:26International Airport, hoping to restore security, a sense of confidence and the legitimacy
00:32needed to restart flights out of the capital.
00:36Elsewhere, life slowly began returning to normalcy in Damascus, with some shops reopening
00:44and people strolling through markets.
00:47Banks and government institutions had also reopened.
00:50In public squares, some people were still celebrating.
00:55Meanwhile, thousands of displaced Syrians are returning home from neighbouring countries,
01:00as Syria's head of transitional cabinet Mohammed al-Bashir called on those abroad to return.