Eight civilians who they were picking truffles were killed and over 35 were injured today from the explosion of an anti-personnel mine in the east Syriaaccording to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Sana, Syria’s official news agency, reported for its part that “five civilians were killed and over 40 were injured” from the explosion of a mine “left by terrorists” of the Islamic State, during the passage of the truck carrying them in the province of Deir Ezzor.

This accident comes just three days after the explosion of two other mines left by the Islamic State, which claimed the lives of 10 civilians and injured 12 in Hama province, central Syria, who were also picking truffles, according to Sana.

In mid-February, an attack attributed to Islamic State killed 68 people who were also picking truffles in eastern Homs province in central Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based non-governmental organization with a wide network of sources. in war-torn Syria.

The Syrian desert truffle, considered to be among the best in the world, is generally harvested between February and April and is sold at a very high price.

The Islamic State controlled from the 2014 large areas in Syria, which included almost all of Deir Ezzor province, before he was displaced in March 2019, following his defeat.

Almost 10.2 million Syrians live in areas where explosive devices are still presentwhich have claimed the lives of approx 15,000 people from 2015 to 2022, according to the UN.

Syria has been torn apart since 2011 by a war that has killed half a million people and displaced millions from their homes.