ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s national carrier Iraqi Airways on Wednesday told The New Region that no specific date has yet been set for resuming flights to and from Syria, stressing that relevant authorities from both sides are working to rearrange the flights “during the upcoming phase.”

International flights resumed in Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad a month before, with an aircraft taking off from Damascus to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), carrying 180 passengers.

“There is no specific date to resume the flights,” Walid Al-Dulfi, spokesperson for Iraqi Airways, told The New Region, adding that that decision belongs to the Ministry of Transport, who is currently in discussions with the Syrian side to resume the operations.

“The resumption of flights could take only a few weeks, or it could take months,” said the spokesperson, stressing that Iraqi Airways stands ready to restart the operations whenever the two sides reach an agreement.

Syria's Civil Aviation and Air Transport Authority had announced on Saturday that Damascus International Airport would resume all departing and arriving flights "from all over the world" on Tuesday, January 7.

Iraq and Iran were key supporters of Assad’s regime. While Baghdad has slowly moved toward establishing ties with the new administration, Tehran has remained on the fence.

Hossein Pourfarzaneh, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, on Tuesday said that they are ready to resume flights to Syria, but stressed that they are "waiting for a letter from the Syrian side to determine the days and number of flights from Iran to Syria.”

Asaad al-Shaibani, the foreign minister in the Syrian interim government, is set to make a visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad early next week, according to political sources.