Islamic State kills three truffle hunters in Syria - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Apr 11, 2023

A vendor arranges truffles at his road side stall in Damascus on March 1, 2023. — A vendor arranges truffles at his roadside stall in Damascus on March 1, 2023. — LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images

Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces walk past a house during a raid against suspected Islamic State fighters in Raqqa, Syria, Jan. 29, 2023.

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Villagers walk to collect water after troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces, retook a town on November 11, 2015 near Hasaka, in the autonomous region of Rojava, Syria. The armed forces of the predominantly Kurdish region in northern Syria have been retaking territory from ISIL extremists with the help of airstrikes from the U.S. led coalition. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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A merchant presents desert truffles at a stall in a market in the city of Hama in west-central Syria on March 6, 2023.

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