The United Nations carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Wednesday, said UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien, delivering 21 tons of relief to civilians besieged by Islamic State militants.
"Earlier this morning a WFP (World Food Program) plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tons of items into Deir al-Zor," O'Brien told the UN Security Council. "We have received initial reports ... that pellets have landed in the target area."