DAMASCUS/DOHA - 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.

Syria is to receive two floating power plants from Turkey and Qatar that will supply 800 megawatts – equivalent to half of what is currently generated in the country – an official said on Tuesday. This came a day after US eased sanctions on Syria,

Qatar Airways made the first international commercial flight to Damascus since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. View on euronews

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed at the Damascus airport arriving from Qatar.

Syria’s diplomatic revival takes a major step as the first international flight since Bashar al-Assad's ouster lands at Damascus International Airport. A Qatar Airways flight carrying Syrian nationals and greeted by families marks a new era for Syria’s aviation and international relations.

Syria’s new foreign minister has met with his Qatari counterpart and Qatar’s prime minister in Doha on Sunday.

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed discussed bolstering "brotherly" ties with Syria during the first official visit by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani to the United Arab Emirates on Monday,