DAMASCUS, Jan 6 — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to expand its work in Syria significantly beyond an initial US$100 million (RM451.1 million) programme, the organisation’s president said today, citing pressing needs in the health, water and power sectors.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — States neighbouring Myanmar must set aside politics and open their borders to allow international humanitarian aid to reach the people of Myanmar through resistance authorities and civil society networks, said the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — The United Nations Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, raised concerns about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid an Israeli blockade, leaving civilians with “no aid” for days.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Malaysia is not ruling out the possibility of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via airdrop.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 —  The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) recently held a meeting with the Egyptian Ambassador to Malaysia, Ragai Tawfik Said Nasr, to discuss Egypt’s role in supporting Malaysia’s efforts for the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and emphasised the shared commitment of the two countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decreed that Malaysia rejects all forms of violence against innocent civilians in armed conflicts happening in various parts of the world right now.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah has called on global leaders to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict and permanently open a humanitarian corridor to Gaza.

SUBANG, Feb 19 — Malaysia's first humanitarian aid delivery mission to Syria which was hit by an earthquake earlier this month, took off last night aboard an A400 transport aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — Malaysia has contributed RM20 million in humanitarian aid to help earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) is arranging the level three deployment of teams and equipment from its field hospital, Hospital Medan Malaysia (HMM), to Turkiye for a period of six weeks, to provide humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in that country.