Some Syrian 6500 Artifacts, Stolen by Terrorists, Restored Back

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DAMASCUS, (ST) _ Director General of Antiquities and Museums Dr. Mamoun Abdul Karim, said that the Directorate received 6,500 Syrian artifacts stolen by terrorist organizations.

In a statement to SANA yesterday, Abdul Karim said that the artifacts stolen by terrorist organizations and smuggled to neighboring countries “were of different sizes and some of them were false.”

He noted the role played by the archaeological authorities in Lebanon in collaboration with the Syrian competent authorities in restoring back 100 artifacts of different sizes including mosaic tablets, Palmyrene busts, crowns and other Roman and Byzantine monuments.

Abdul Karim added that the Directorate of Antiquities and Museums pressured, through cooperation with the international community and organizations, especially UNESCO, on neighboring countries to control their borders to prevent trafficking in the Syrian artifacts and the black market in Europe, especially in Britain, France, Germany and the Gulf states.

He renewed the importance of world countries commitment to abide by UN Security Council Resolution 2199 to criminalize paying the ransom, and trafficking in antiquities and oil with terrorist takfiri organizations.

Earlier in the day, the competent authorities in Hasaka province thwarted an attempt to smuggle two very ancient pieces: a seal that dates back to deeply-rooted historical periods, and a small-sized statue of a horse’s head.

 

Tomader Fateh

 

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