IEDs kill 5 truffle hunters in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – Five truffle hunters were killed on Friday in IEDs most likely left by Islamic State (ISIS) in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A local source of the town of Ayash, in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, told North Press that three truffle hunters, including a member of National Defense Forces (NDF) of Syrian government, lost their lives after an IED left by ISIS exploded in Ayash.
In a separated incident, an IED exploded in the same area, causing the death of Hassan Thamer, a truffle hunter who works for a leader of the NDF, according to the source.
In addition, another IED exploded in a car that was carrying truffle hunters in Jabal al-Bashari, west of Deir ez-Zor, resulting in the killing of the driver Muhammad al-Hamad who hails from the town of al-Shamitiya, west of Deir ez-Zor, another source told North Press.
On March 29, four truffle hunters lost their lives, including three women, and four others were wounded in an IED explosion, east of Homs Governorate, central Syria.