Local activists reported the victims were Bedouins who were collecting truffles in a desert area east of the town of Atherya in the municipality of Samalieh, and were arrested by Daesh radicals and then killed.

On the other hand, two military officers were killed on Saturday as a mine planted by Daesh exploded in the mountainous area of Al-Belaas, in the same municipality of Salamieh.

Nearly 120 civilians have already been killed during the last two months by Daesh attacks or mines.

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