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US returns stolen antiquities worth $5 million to Syria

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US returns stolen antiquities worth $5 million to Syria
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US officials have returned 36 antiquities, valued at over $5 million, to Syria. The items were seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and other collectors, originally trafficked during the Islamic State’s destruction of Palmyra.

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