WFP delivers food aid by air to besieged Syrian city of Deir Ezzor

WFP airdrops (WFP File photo)

Deir Ezzor, Syria (IINA) – The World Food Program (WFP) on Sunday delivered aid by air for hungry people trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, controlled by terrorist organization Daesh.
WFP food assistance has reached besieged parts of the city for the first time since March 2014. A total of 20 metric tons of urgently needed food supplies, enough to feed 2,500 people for one month, were dropped from the air by a WFP-chartered aircraft, the agency said in a press statement.
Some 22 pallets out of 26 loaded with food were collected by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), WFP's partner in the city. The agency is working to find out what happened to the four other pallets.
More airdrops are planned for the coming days to meet food and other humanitarian needs for the besieged population, the statement said.
Over 200,000 people have been living under siege in Deir Ezzor since March 2014 in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Critical food shortages have been reported.
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