Direct Saudi flights resume for Syria hajj pilgrims ...Kuwait

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Direct flights from Syria to Saudi Arabia for pilgrims taking part in the annual hajj resumed on Tuesday, ending 12 years of isolation since the civil war began, a Syrian official told AFP. The move follows a slow rapprochement between the two governments that saw diplomatic relations restored last year. A flight carrying 270 Syrian pilgrims left Damascus for Jeddah with more flights expected in the coming days, transport ministry official Suleiman Khalil said. It was a first after "all (passenger) flights between the two countries were halted in 2012," Khalil said. "This decision only applies to the hajj period," he said. "We are studying the reopening of a direct a

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