Airdrop Planned for Besieged Syrian City

An operation to air drop critical relief supplies into Deir ez-Zor, the eastern Syrian city under the control of Islamic State militants, is still in the planning stage, but the World Food Program says it is working around the clock and hopes to start the operation next week. The U.N. agency says the last time it reached Deir ez-Zor was in May 2014. The airdrop operation aims to reach up to 200,000 people who are being denied food, medicine and other vital supplies by Islamic State,...

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