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A court in Paris has found Lafarge , the French cement giant, guilty of paying $6.5 million to jihadist groups, including the Islamic State (IS) and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front. It is the first time a company has been tried in France for financing terrorism. The inquiry against Lafarge…

PARIS, France — A French court has found Lafarge guilty of financing terrorism, ruling that the company paid millions of dollars to armed groups, including Islamic State , to maintain operations at its cement plant in northern Syria during the civil war. The court said Lafarge made payments of about…

Aleppo Old City, Craig Jenkins, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/craigjenkins/6447421813/ In 2010, the cement maker—since acquired by Switzerland's Holcim—completed work on a new £680m cement plant in Jalabiya, Reuters and others report. A year later, the Syrian people rose up against their government, during the 'Arab Spring' protests, and were met…

The Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that a terror attack in the Damascus area had been thwarted.  According to the ministry, the country’s Counter-Terrorism Administration, working with the internal security command in Damascus, identified and thwarted the attempted terror attack.  Special units identified a woman who was a member…

A French court has fined cement group Lafarge $1.3 million for paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists to keep its factory running in Syria during the civil war...Read More

The French court found Lafarge guilty of paying jihadists to keep its Syria cement plant open PARIS (FRANCE) - A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State…

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BEIRUT, April 7 - The Israeli military has refrained from striking a key border crossing between Syria and Lebanon after both pressed the U.S. on the need to keep it open, a Lebanese source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Israeli military on April 4 issued a warning…

Logo of ADES Holding Co. ADES Holding Co. signed an executive contract with Syrian Petroleum Co. (SPC) today, April 6, to develop several gas fields in Syria, as part of its strategy to boost gas production and develop existing fields. In a statement, SPC said the contract covers maintenance and development…

Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, forcing it to close. Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing…