Syria: at least 36 civilians killed in suspected IS attack

Jihadist group killed people who were truffle hunting, UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says

At least 36 civilians were killed on Friday in an attack in central Syria that was blamed on Islamic State, a war monitor said.

The jihadist group “killed 36 people Friday while they were truffle hunting in Sokhna in the Palmyra region”, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.