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2024-03-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Five dead in ISIS attack on truffle hunters in Syrian desert: Monitor
[[Rudaw] Five people were killed in an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) attack on pro-regime militia and civilians gathering truffles in Syria’s Raqqa province this weekend, a war monitor reported.

"The bodies of three members of the National Defense Forces [NDF] militia were found, killed in an ISIS attack on truffle hunters" in regime-controlled desert areas of Raqqa province on Thursday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based war monitor.

On Saturday, the monitor said the corpse count had risen to five - three NDF fighters and two civilians. Three others remain missing.

The NDF is a pro-government militia that has fought alongside Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.

Hundreds of poverty-stricken Syrians venture into the desert between February and April each year in search of truffles, despite repeated warnings from authorities.

The desert is known to be a hideout of jihadists and contains landmines, making it a high-risk area to search for the delicacy. However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
it is known for producing some of the highest quality truffles in the world that can fetch up to $25 per kilogram in a country where the average monthly wage is only around $18.

Last week, a landmine left behind by ISIS killed at least 16 truffle hunters in Raqqa.

Earlier in March, at least 14 civilians and four NDF fighters were killed in an attack carried out by ISIS button men in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province.

Days prior, at least five people were killed in an ISIS ambush while truffle hunting in central Homs province.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top
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