are starving and living in fear. >> they are from deir az zor. it's the young men escaping. they hide their identities to protect activists back home, who helped them broadcast to the world what otherwise would not be seen. activists that call themselves deir az zor slotted provided images from the i.s.i.l. controlled province. al jazeera is not able to verify the videos. in deir az zor, the harsh rule is brutal, because it's facing resistance. >> translation: we don't feel safe because people are fighting back. there are sleeper cells targetting i.s.i.l. members. many join i.s.i.l., they are not loyal. they join out of fear or to get a salary. >> reporter: life is just as hard in the province sal capital. people are poor and hungry. i.s.i.l. besieged areas where 200,000 live. food is scarce. there has been deaths from starvation. activists say they face a double blockade. the government says they bring in supplies through the military airport. the people are faced with two realities. if they leave, the only way out is through i.s.i.l. territories

plane dropped the first cargo of 21 seconds of its into deir az zor. >> reporter: the world food program said there'd been technical difficulties and they tried to drop again. it's not clear if aid reached those in need. the issue of aid deliveries is important. obviously to get supplies to need in besieged communities in syria, but because it's part of the plan drawn up earlier this month in munich to restart the political process. the other part of that plan is the cessation of hostilities due to start in syria on saturday. >> will there be a resolution to mark the cessation of hostilities. >> watch this space. >> reporter: neither the u.s. ambassador samantha power or the russian deputy would discuss details, but diplomats tell me the plan is to hold a meeting of the security council on friday, and they'd vote on a resolution to indoors a cessation of hostilities hours before it's supposed to start >>> yemen's government accused the lebanese armed group hezbollah of training hewitt yit fighters. and says it will complain to the u.n. >> saudi arabia's military released a video which it

an air drop hits its target in deir az zor which is i.s.i.l.-controlled territory. >> there were two problems. they were drifting in with their paris shoots. so that some missed targets, and others - the parachutes did not open and the food was destroyed. >> the u.n. special envoy to syria says more aid will be delivered to syrians if needed, if a planned pause happens on saturday. >> more needs to be done more effectively, and if, as we all hope, the cessation of hostilities take hold effectively, they will have an impact on reaching people in need in syria, not only in the besieged areas, but everywhere >>> in other world news, u.s. and china join forces. agreeing on a draft resolutions. the proposal has been discussed by the security council, and is in response to weapons test and rocket launch. measures include restrictions on international courts. they have been under international sanctions since 2006. kristen saloomey has this report. j- >>> the united states and china have been negotiating the draft resolution. if it is adopted. accordi