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Syria land mine blast kills 16 truffle hunters: monitor

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BEIRUT: At least 16 people searching for truffles in the north Syria desert were killed Saturday after their vehicle hit a land mine, a war monitor said. Between February and April each year, hundreds of impoverished Syrians risk their lives searching for truffles in the vast Syrian desert, or Badia — a known hideout for jihadists that is also littered with mines.

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Syria land mine blast kills 16 truffle hunters: monitor

1 month ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters

Recent weeks have seen repeated deadly mine blasts as Syrians hunt for truffles

1 month ago·Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Mine blast kills 16 truffle pickers in Syrian desert

At least 16 people died in northern Syria on Saturday when a truck full of people searching for desert truffles hit a mine. According to the AFP news agency, the exiled Syrian Organization for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on this. The explosion occurred in an area previously controlled by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS).

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