Airport officials say flights will resume on January 7 when Qatar Airways will begin a flight to Damascus after a 13-year hiatus.
Syria's Damascus airport will resume international flights on Tuesday for the first time since Bashar al-Assad was toppled last month by rebel fighters.
No flights have taken off or landed since pro-Assad forces abandoned the airport in the Syrian capital on December 8 after opposition protesters marched through the city following attacks that began on November 27.
“We announce that we will start receiving international flights to Damascus International Airport” from Tuesday, state news agency SANA said on Saturday, citing Ashhad al-Salibi, who heads the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport.
“We are also assuring the Arab and international airlines that we have started the process of renovating the airports of Aleppo and Damascus with the help of our partners, so that they can receive flights from all over the world,” he said.
Al Jazeera's Hashim Ahelbarra, who is based in Damascus, said the announcement had “great political and economic significance” for the war-torn country.
“The new government has been in contact with major players in the region, especially Qatar, on the need to help them renovate the airport in Damascus to meet the needs of international security,” he said.
“They want to send a message that life is back to normal in Syria and allow thousands of Syrians living abroad to return home. Also, it is a message to the international community that the new regime, which is in control, and despite the situation in the whole country, is trying to ensure security in Syria.”
International support flights are representatives of foreign embassies he had already arrived in Syria. Domestic flights resumed on December 18, when a to fly from Damascus to Aleppo, according to AFP.
Syrian Airlines will resume flights from Damascus to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from Tuesday, an employee told AFP, asking not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
On Thursday, Qatar Airways announced that it will resume flights to the Syrian capital after nearly 13 years, starting with three weekly flights from Tuesday.