U.N. Rejects Call for Aid Drops to Besieged Syrians

(GENEVA) — U.N. officials on Thursday all but rejected a call by a group of world powers for the United Nations to act unilaterally to air drop food to besieged Syrians, saying that Syrian President Bashar Assad has final say on any such deliveries.

The announcement by the U.N came as Syrian state TV reported that an explosion had struck outside a mosque in the coastal government stronghold of Latakia, inflicting casualties.