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US returns stolen antiquities worth $5 million to Syria

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United States officials have officially returned 36 stolen antiquities, valued at more than $5 million, to Syria. The artifacts were recovered after being seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and various private collectors.

According to authorities, the returned items were originally trafficked out of the region amid the destruction of Palmyra by the Islamic State.

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