Iran War Reroutes Airlines Over Syria, Delivering Unexpected Revenue Windfall

✈️ DAMASCUS — Syria is collecting overflight fees from a war it's not fighting. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Gulf and Asian carriers avoiding Hormuz-adjacent routes, Syrian airspace has become a default corridor — turning overflight fees into hard currency for Damascus. It rewards a government still under sanctions, creates a financial dependency on conflict continuation, and gives Syria quiet incentive to keep the war alive. A beneficiary nobody planned for.