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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Six people hit a mine while collecting truffles in Syria
2024-03-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Yesterday we had a report that 18 were killed,16 maimed, and 50+ missing in an ISIS ambush while hunting truffles somewhere in the Deir ez-Zor desert. Today we have a landmine location, but no mention of ISIS.
[Regnum] A mine explosion in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor killed six mushroom pickers heading into the desert to collect truffles, radio station Sham FM reported.

“Six people were killed and two were injured as a result of a mine planted by armed groups in the area of ​​the village of Haribsha,” reporters said.

According to the radio station, a car with civilians ran into a mine. It is noted that mushroom pickers in Syria regularly die due to mines.

As Regnum reported, on April 9, 2023, six civilians were killed in a mine explosion planted by militants in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor. Residents were collecting truffles, which grow in dry desert areas in Syria. Terrorist groups continue to operate in the desert areas of northern and northeastern Syria.
Related:
Truffles: 2024-02-29 ISIS landmine kills 14 Syrian truffle hunters in Raqqa: State media
Truffles: 2023-08-30 Military escalation causes casualties in NW Syria
Truffles: 2023-04-25 Good Morning
Posted by:badanov

#3  These highly trained rats have sniffed out 150,000 explosives
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-03-10 13:09  

#2  There are stories of rats trained to sniff out land mines. I bet you could teach them to do truffles too.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-03-10 10:58  

#1  This is why you use pigs to find truffles... oh, haram, I guess.
Posted by: Mercutio   2024-03-10 10:22  

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