China offers emergency aid of US$4.4mil to earthquake-hit Syria

Damaged buildings and rescue operations are seen in the aftermath of the earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria. - Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters): China will offer emergency humanitarian aid of 30 million yuan or US$4.4mil (RM18.9mil) to earthquake-hit Syria, its foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, told a regular news briefing on Wednesday.

The death toll of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria has jumped to more than 8,700.