Syria: French Cement Maker Convicted of Financing Terror Groups to Keep Its Syria Plant Working

Apr 13, 2026 | Angelique Chrisafis
Guardian
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A French court has fined the cement group Lafarge more than €1m (£870,000) and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to Islamic State and other terror groups to maintain its business in war-torn Syria from 2013 to 2014.