{"id":2057,"date":"2016-02-26T04:57:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/26\/first-un-attempt-to-deliver-food-to-besieged-syrian-city-fails\/"},"modified":"2016-02-26T04:57:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:57:23","slug":"first-un-attempt-to-deliver-food-to-besieged-syrian-city-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/26\/first-un-attempt-to-deliver-food-to-besieged-syrian-city-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"First UN attempt to deliver food to besieged Syrian city fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gettyimages-500308912\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzI1LzU1L0dldHR5SW1hZ2VzLmFhODMzLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/9d914cdd\/763\/GettyImages-500308912.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=First+UN+attempt+to+deliver+food+to+besieged+Syrian+city+fails&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F25%2Fsyrian-food-drop-fails%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F25%2Fsyrian-food-drop-fails%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The United Nations reported that nearly half of the 21 food pallets meant to be delivered to the besieged Syrian city of\u00a0Deir ez-Zor\u00a0via air drop did not reach their intended destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/22\/u-s-russia-ceasefire-syria\/\">U.S. and Russia agree on ceasefire plan in Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Wednesday&#8217;s air drop was intended to deliver 21 metric tons of food to the city in 21 pallets, a<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">ccording to a statement from the U.N.&#8217;s World Food Program emailed to <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Mashable.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pallets contained vegetable oil, lentils, rice and salt and, according to the WFP, was enough to feed 2,500 people for one month, part of the WFP&#8217;s plan to provide assistance to the city&#8217;s nearly 200,000 people. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/25\/syrian-food-drop-fails\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/air-drop\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Air Drop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/world-food-program\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World Food Program<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/syria\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/deir-ez-zor\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Deir Ez Zor<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/KhoMcuh4Cag\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations reported that nearly half of the 21 food pallets meant to be delivered to the besieged Syrian city of\u00a0Deir ez-Zor\u00a0via air drop did not reach their intended destination.\u00a0 SEE ALSO: U.S. and Russia agree on ceasefire plan &hellip; 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