A new batch of artifacts will be returned to Iraq

BAGHDAD-INA

The Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday the return of artifacts from Lebanon through three official bodies, while indicating that a new batch of artifacts will be returned to Iraq.
 
The head of the commission, Laith Majid Hussein, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Iraq did not pay the shipping fees to the company in exchange for returning the smuggled artifacts to Lebanon, but rather the latter who carried out the shipping process and returned them to the country."
 
He added that "the process of returning the antiquities was carried out through a delegation from the government headed by the Iraqi intelligence service and the Lebanese Ministry of Justice and Culture," noting that "the coming days will witness the return of a number of artifacts from the United States of America and several other countries."
 
He pointed out that "the Commission is following up on all antiquities in all countries, and we are determined to return the last piece to Iraq from abroad."