ERBIL, Iraq, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The United States carried out a round of humanitarian aid airdrops Saturday, supply fresh drinking water and ready-to-eat meals to minority Yazidis refugees hiding on Sinjar Mountain in Iraq.
The U.S. military said it dropped some 3,804 gallons of fresh drinking water and 16,128 ready-to-eat meals to tens of thousands of Yazidis, who are being targeted by militants in the Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.