Turkiye’s largest construction firms are set to take charge of a major redevelopment plan for Damascus International Airport valued at $4 billion, according to a 28 November report by Anadolu Agency.

The consortium includes Turkish contractors Kalyon Insaat and Cengiz Insaat, alongside Qatari firm UCC, US-based Assets Investments, and Syrian state authorities.

It envisions a “broad infrastructure upgrade,” along with the construction of new terminal buildings, to push the airport’s long-term capacity above 31 million passengers a year.

As part of the agreement, $250 million has been earmarked for aircraft procurement to help renew Syria’s fleet and reopen additional international routes.

Shortly after former president Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024, Turkiye moved quickly to position itself within the country’s political and economic restructuring, seeking to become a key political partner of the Al-Qaeda-linked government.

Ankara publicly declared its commitment to supporting reconstruction and refugee returns. At the same time, Turkish companies positioned themselves for major contracts as the new authorities began repairing basic infrastructure, restoring power links, and reopening trade channels across the north.

By mid-2025, trade flows surged as long-closed crossings reopened and transport routes stabilized, driving a sharp rise in Turkish–Syrian shipments.

Ankara and the new Syrian leadership formalized cooperation through a Joint Economic and Trade Committee and a series of agreements to coordinate customs, investment, and logistics, with plans to rebuild Aleppo’s role as a commercial hub.

Abkara and Damascus have also advanced plans to restore the regional land corridor linking Turkiye to Jordan and the Gulf through Syrian territory, seeking to re-establish long-disrupted commercial routes and integrate Syrian territory back into wider regional trade networks under Turkish-supported supervision.

In the energy sector, Turkish companies joined an international consortium in a multi-billion-dollar agreement to repair the Kilis–Aleppo gas link and construct new power-generation capacity, placing Ankara at the center of efforts to stabilize Syria’s electricity supply and tie the country’s energy network to Turkish-facilitated gas flows.