U.S. military air dropped weapons in Syrian town besieged by ISIL

A spokesman from U.S. Central Command revealed that a U.S. military cargo plane has air dropped light weapons to rebels from Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the northern Syrian town of Marea.

Defense.gov photo essay 111003-F-CP197-066
By: Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The town has been besieged by ISIL forces and U.S. warplanes has been carrying out air strikes on ISIL positions in order to relief pressure on FSA.