In the southern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, three women were killed and many others were wounded while picking desert mushrooms when unidentified assailants opened fire.

According to reports, the three slain women were from the Teb El Core neighborhood of Deir ez-Zor. Their bodies are still being held in the countryside of al-Basharî district in the southwest of the city.

According to a balance sheet compiled by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), hundreds of people, mostly civilians, were killed in 2023 in attacks by ISIS gangs or mine explosions while collecting desert truffles, which sell for high prices.

According to SOHR, ISIS gangs often target residents who travel to remote areas to collect truffles.

Last February, 13 civilians, including women, were killed when an ISIS mine exploded in the Raqqa desert.