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French firm Lafarge charged with complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria

Lafarge facing charges that it paid terrorist groups to keep a plant open in Syria
Lafarge facing charges that it paid terrorist groups to keep a plant open in Syria

French cement giant Lafarge was charged today with complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria.

It was also charged with financing a terrorist group for paying millions to jihadist groups, including the Islamic State, to keep a factory in Syria open during the war.

A legal source said the company, which paid the armed groups through middlemen, has also been charged with endangering the lives of former employees at the cement plant in Jalabiya, northern Syria.