2023 Islamic State attack on Hama (Syria)

On 16 April 2023, 36 truffle hunters were killed in the desert near Hama in Hama Governorate, Syria, when their group was attacked by Islamic State insurgents. Seventeen of the dead were reportedly also pro-regime NDF fighters. During the same day, Islamic State gunmen opened fire at a group of shepherds near Deir ez-Zor, killing five shepherds and 250 sheep.