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This picture taken on March 6, 2023 shows a view of desert truffles for sale at a market in the city of Hama in west-central Syria. - Between February and April, hundreds of impoverished Syrians search for "yellow gold" in Syria's vast Badia desert -- a known hideout for jihadists that is also littered with landmines. So far this season, more than 130 truffle hunters have been killed, mostly by jihadists attacks and landmines they have left behind, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture taken on March 6, 2023 shows a view of desert truffles for sale at a market in the city of Hama in west-central Syria. - Between February and April, hundreds of impoverished Syrians search for "yellow gold" in Syria's vast Badia desert -- a known hideout for jihadists that is also littered with landmines. So far this season, more than 130 truffle hunters have been killed, mostly by jihadists attacks and landmines they have left behind, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)