The Britain-based war monitor said the terrorists attacked about 75 people on Saturday evening while they were collecting truffles in the Palmyra area in the eastern countryside of Homs, killing ten civilians, including a woman, in addition to a member of the Syrian forces, while the others are still missing.
"There is confirmed information about Daesh members killing some of those who were kidnapped on Saturday evening east of Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs, where the group is still kidnapping more than 75 citizens, including women, for the second day in a row," it said.
The Syrian government's news agency, SANA, said Daesh militants attacked the residents with automatic weapons, adding that four civilians were killed, including a woman while ten others were wounded.
Since Daesh was eliminated from most of Syria in 2019, the terrorist group's members have been holed up in mountainous areas near the Iraq border.
Source: Middle East Monitor