The murders of Syrian truffle hunters are not all they seem
Killings and kidnappings in the Badia desert have been linked to the Islamic State, but rivalry between pro-Assad militias is more often to blame
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Killings and kidnappings in the Badia desert have been linked to the Islamic State, but rivalry between pro-Assad militias is more often to blame
Haian Dukhan is a Carnegie postdoctoral fellow at the Central European University’s Centre for Religious Studies. He is the author of "State and Tribes in Syria: Informal Alliances and Conflict Patterns" (Routledge, 2019). Dukhan is a contributor to Fikra Forum. Ammar Alhamad is an MA student in international relations at Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep, Turkey. He is from Raqqa and has worked for different international organizations on issues related to the Syrian conflict since 2013. Alhamad is a contributor to Fikra Forum. Brief Analysis Iran is building military, social, and eco...