Seventh 'Operation Dost' flight reaches earthquake-hit Syria

The seventh Operation Dost flight reached earthquakehit Syria on Sunday with over 23 tons of relief material which was received by Deputy Minister of Local Administration amp Environment Moutaz Douaji at Damascus airport7th OperationDost flight reached Syria with over 23 tons of relief material including gensets solar lamps emergency amp critical care medicines amp disaster relief consumables Received at Damascus airport by Deputy Minister of Local Administration and Environment Moutaz Douaji tweeted Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam BagchiThe seventh Operation Dost flight on Saturday departed for earthquakehit Syria and Turkey The Indian Air Force C17 carrying relief material medical aid emergency and critical care medicines medical equipment and consumables took off from Hindon Airbase in Uttar Pradeshs GhaziabadThe IAF aircraft with relief materials medical aid and emergency and critical care medicines will first land in Syria and unload materials and then head to Turkey EAM S Jaishankar also took to his Twitter handle to talk about the flight departing from Ghaziabad He tweeted The 7th OperationDost flight departs for Syria and Turkiye Flight is carrying relief material medical aid emergency amp critical care medicines medical equipment amp consumablesAlso read Rescuers rejoice as they pull out more survivorsThe Indian Army also tweeted An IAF C17 aircraft got airborne last night for Syria and Turkiye bearing relief material and emergency equipment The Ministry of External Affairs said that the earthquake relief material and equipment were sent to Syria and Turkey The flight is headed to Damascus and after offloading relief material there it will head to AdanaAccording to the Ministry of External Affairs the flight is carrying more than 35 tons of relief material of which over 23 tons is headed for relief efforts in Syria and around 12 tons to Turkey The assistance being sent for Syria comprises relief materials sleeping mats gensets solar lamps tarpaulins blankets emergency and critical care medicines and disaster relief consumables according to the Ministry of External AffairsThe material being sent to Turkey consists of team supplies for the Army field hospital and NDRF medical equipment such as ECG patient monitor anaesthesia machine syringe pumps glucometer blankets and other relief materialsEarlier in the day the relief material medical equipment medical aid and critical care medicines were being loaded into the IAF aircraftOn February 06 2023 a devastating earthquake happened in Turkey and Syria The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Mondays earthquake reached 28192 on Saturday local time reported CNN India launched Operation Dost to extend assistance to Turkey as well as Syria after devastating quakes and aftershocks in the region Under Operation Dost India is sending a massive amount of humanitarian aid to Turkey and SyriaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever