IAF C-17 aircraft departed for Syria and Türkiye from Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad on Feb 11. The flight is headed to Damascus and after offloading earthquake relief material and equipment, it will fly on to Adana, as per MEA. It is the 7th Operation Dost flight. The flight is carrying over 35 tons of relief material, of which over 23 tons is headed for relief efforts in Syria, and around 12 tons to Turkey Relief materials like sleeping mats, solar lamps, blankets, emergency and critical care medicines, and disaster relief consumables are being sent to Syria. The material headed for Turkey consists of team supplies for Army field hospital and NDRF, medical equipment, blankets, and other relief material. After a series of devastating earthquakes on Feb 06, the death toll stood at more than 24,000 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria.