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Uniindia: New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) An Indian Air Force plane carrying six tons of emergency relief assistance for the quake affected in Syria landed in Damascus airport today and the consignment, including portable ECG machines and patient monitors, was handed over to an official there, a statement said.
The catastrophic earthquake that razed thousands of buildings in Turkey and Syria became one of the deadliest quakes worldwide in more than a decade Wednesday and the death toll kept rising, surpassing 11,000.
India's National Defence Response Force team reached Turkey's Gaziantep and started the search and rescue operation after two deadly earthquakes hit the country. In a video, Indian rescue teams seeing at the epicenter of the earthquake in Turkey engaged in relief operations. Earthquake in Turkey, Syria: India’s NDRF Reaches Gaziantep, Starts Search and Rescue Operation.
Countries from across the Middle East and the world are rushing aid to Turkey and Syria following the earthquake, despite the political and logistical hurdles in getting help to those who most need it.
India is providing materials, supplies, medical supplies, and equipment, to Syria as well as sending search and rescue teams to Turkey under 'Operation Dost', said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday.