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US Claims Antiquities Looted By ISIS To Block Their Resale
The United States filed suit in court Thursday to recover an ancient serpentine ring and gold coins trafficked by the ISIS in a move aimed at preventing stolen Syrian and Iraqi antiquities from disappearing into collectors' hands.
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Islamic State 'Bulldozed' Ancient Assyrian City of Nimrud, Says Iraq
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage.
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Track Down Antiquities After Islamic State Museum Rampage: Iraq
Islamic State militants who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have kept some artefacts to sell, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said today, vowing to prevent the radical Islamists from smuggling them to market.
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Iraqi Kurds Fight Islamic State with Aged Weapons
The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from fierce battles with Islamic State militants.
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US Claims Antiquities Looted By ISIS To Block Their Resale
The United States filed suit in court Thursday to recover an ancient serpentine ring and gold coins trafficked by the ISIS in a move aimed at preventing stolen Syrian and Iraqi antiquities from disappearing into collectors' hands.
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Islamic State 'Bulldozed' Ancient Assyrian City of Nimrud, Says Iraq
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage.
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Track Down Antiquities After Islamic State Museum Rampage: Iraq
Islamic State militants who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have kept some artefacts to sell, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said today, vowing to prevent the radical Islamists from smuggling them to market.
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Iraqi Kurds Fight Islamic State with Aged Weapons
The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from fierce battles with Islamic State militants.
