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Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters: monitor

Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters: monitor
Syria landmine blast kills 16 truffle hunters: monitor

2024-03-16 17:00:07 - From: Kurdistan 24


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.