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🇺🇸🇸🇾🏺 US RETURNS 36 ANTIQUITIES TO SYRIA - U.S. officials have returned 36 Syrian antiquities worth more than $5 million to Syria, including a 450-kilogram limestone relief from the ancient city of Palmyra, which was removed before ISIS destroyed much of the site between 2015 and 2017. - The items were recovered by U.S. authorities from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and private collectors. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said the return demonstrates America’s commitment to preserving cultural heritage and strengthening cooperation with Syria.