By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The world will have to cooperate with Syria to halt the trade in looted antiquities that helps fund jihadist groups, Syria's culture minister said, putting the onus on Turkey to stop the smuggling across their shared frontier. Culture minister Issam Khalil said a U.N. Security Council resolution that aims to stop groups including Islamic State from benefiting from the illicit antiquities trade would **t be effective without the help of Damascus, a pariah to many Arab and Western states since Syria's war erupted in 2011.
02-24-2015, 02:38 AM
Syria says must be part of fight against antiquities theft
By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The world will have to cooperate with Syria to halt the trade in looted antiquities that helps fund jihadist groups, Syria's culture minister said, putting the onus on Turkey to stop the smuggling across their shared frontier. Culture minister Issam Khalil said a U.N. Security Council resolution that aims to stop groups including Islamic State from benefiting from the illicit antiquities trade would **t be effective without the help of Damascus, a pariah to many Arab and Western states since Syria's war erupted in 2011.
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