Earthquake: Malaysia sends first humanitarian aid mission to Syria

SUBANG, 18 Feb -- Chief of Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Datuk Seri Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan poses for a photo while attending the earthquake humanitarian aid delivery mission to Syria at the RMAF Subang Air Base on Saturday. Also present Deputy Secretary-General for Multilateral Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Datuk Cheong Loon Lai (nine, left) and Chargé d'Affaires of the Syrian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Mohd Ghiath Ibrahim (seven, left). --fotoBERNAMA (2023) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

SUBANG: Malaysia's first humanitarian aid delivery mission to Syria which was hit by an earthquake earlier this month, took off on Saturday aboard an A400 transport aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

A special flight involving 51 crew and other representatives from various ministries and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) took off at about 10.15pm from the Subang RMAF Air Base.