Suspected IS fighters kill 26 desert truffle hunters in Syria

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says latest attack brings the number of foragers killed since February to 200

Suspected Islamic State fighters killed at least 26 people in Syria on Sunday, a war monitor said, the latest in a spate of attacks targeting people foraging for desert truffles.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “civilians and at least 10 pro-regime fighters” were among “the 26 people killed in an attack by Islamic State fighters while they were collecting truffles in the desert east of Hama”.