Brit holiday firm plans to restart trips to Syria just six weeks after the fall of tyrant Bashar al-Assad’s regime
A BRITISH holiday firm plans to restart trips to Syria just six weeks after the fall of tyrant Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
London-based Untamed Borders stopped taking travellers there last year amid growing instability.
The Foreign Office still advises Britons to avoid the Middle East country.
But Untamed Borders is eyeing a return.
Founder James Willcox said: “We hope to be resuming trips to Syria in the not-too-distant future and hope more tourists seize the opportunity and seek out an adventure in a wonderful nation.
“There is hope this is a sign of wider stability in the region, with a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine and a cooling of tensions in Iraq.”
Qatar Airways restarted flights to Syrian capital Damascus this month and Turkish Airlines is set to follow suit.
Untamed Borders already organises holidays to countries including Afghanistan and Iraq, which the Foreign Office advises against visiting.
Next Tuesday a party is due to fly out for a camel trek in the desert of war-torn Yemen.
The company, set up in 2008, says it wants travellers to “experience the beauty and wonder of . . . lands that are often described as dangerous and inhospitable”.