Since the beginning of 2017, the UN and partners successfully delivered multi-sectoral assistance through inter-agency operations, reaching 638,000 people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas with dire humanitarian needs. A total of 17 inter-agency convoys have been undertaken, including one to Khan Elshih in which UNRWA and UN agencies reached 5,000 Palestine Refugees and 1,000 Syrian Nationals respectively. In addition, during 2017, 69 WFP-led airdrops dispatched 1,401.8 metric tons of food supplies for the besieged parts of Deir-ez-Zor city. The fifth round of food distribution for 93,500 people was completed on 28 March. During 2017, 205 airlifts to Quamishli have delivered 7,387 metric tons of food, WASH, nutrition, health and NFIs on behalf of the UN and partners.