Truffle Hunters Targeted in Deadly ISIS Attack in Syria

Islamic State militants killed at least 26 people who were foraging for wild truffles in Syria's Hama region. Foraging for truffles can help people earn money, but it has become dangerous, with at least 84 truffle hunters killed so far this year. IS militants have repeatedly preyed on them, emerging from the desert to abduct them, kill some, and ransom others for money. Despite their defeat in Syria in March 2019, the militant group’s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks both in Syria and Iraq where they once held territories and declared a “caliphate.”