The UN on Wednesday air dropped 21 tonnes of humanitarian aid goods to Syria, in its first air drop to the region.
The air drop took place in the region of Deir la-Zour, where the UN estimates over 200,000 civilians have become besieged by Islamic State forces.
"Earlier this morning, a WFP (World Food Programme) plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tonnes of items into Deir al-Zour," the UN's aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
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The air drop took place in the region of Deir la-Zour, where the UN estimates over 200,000 civilians have become besieged by Islamic State forces.
"Earlier this morning, a WFP (World Food Programme) plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tonnes of items into Deir al-Zour," the UN's aid chief Stephen O'Brien told the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
See here, here and here.