Syria accuses Israel of stealing valuable artifacts from ancient Damascus synagogoue In a complaint to the United Nations Security Council, Syria accused Israel of smuggling religious books and other artifacts from the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in cooperation with Turkey and with terrorist groups operating in the area.
Egyptian police seize Jewish artifacts being smuggled to Belgium Egyptian police seized a collection of Jewish artifacts from a local port as they were about to be smuggled to Belgium.
Iraq wants Jewish artifacts returned An Iraqi delegation pressed the State Department for the return of Jewish artifacts currently stored in the United States.