Top Democrat on House Foreign Affairs Committee Praises Import Restrictions on Syrian Antiquities
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., commended the Aug. 15 issuance of an interagency final rule restricting imports of archaeological or ethnological material from Syria as part of a law signed in May meant to prevent antique…
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trafficking by terrorist groups from the region (see 1608150015). “I welcome this announcement as a major step in shutting down demand for these antiquities,” said Engel (here), who introduced the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act. “ISIS’s damage to Syrian cultural history is irreparable, but we must do more to deny ISIS this funding source and preserve whatever items remain.”