"U.S. agencies and the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian) have undertaken
five types of activities to protect Iraqi and Syrian cultural property since 2011,
which include awareness raising, information sharing, law enforcement,
overseas capacity building, and destruction prevention. For example, the
Department of Homeland Security reported coordinating with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and other agencies to open 18 Iraqi and Syrian cultural property
cases—such as those regarding smuggling by individuals and international
criminal organizations—between 2011 and February 2016. To enhance the
capacity of partners overseas, the Department of State (State), the government
of Iraq, and others established an archaeological and cultural management
training facility in Erbil, Iraq. In addition, to prevent destruction, the Smithsonian
and others trained Syrian antiquities professionals to use sandbags and other
materials to protect ancient mosaics at a Syrian museum, reportedly resulting in
the successful protection of the museum collection when it was bombed..."
Iraqi and Syrian antiquities
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