Iraq's heritage museum tries to recover lost treasures

Al Jazeera English 2015-11-23

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The UN is warning that Iraq's ancient heritage could be lost forever.

Thousands of artifacts have been looted and destroyed by ISIL.

Many were also stolen following the US invasion in 2003.

But the government is trying to recover them.
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