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Deutsche Welle News source @dw.com · Bonn 🇩🇪· 12h

A French court found cement giant Lafarge guilty of paying around €5.6 million in extortion to ISIS and other militant groups through its subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria in order to continue operations at its factory in Syria between 2013 and 2014, resulting in a €1.3 million fine and a six-year prison sentence for former CEO Bruno Lafont, while also acknowledging that these payments contributed to the financing and strengthening of terrorism in the region. #Lafarge #Terrorism #Syria

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Fransız şirket Lafarge IŞİD'i finanse etmekten suçlu bulundu
Fransa'da bir mahkeme, çimento devi Lafarge'ın Suriye'deki fabrikasında üretime devam edebilmek için IŞİD ve diğer cihatçı örgütlere haraç ödediği gerekçesiyle suçlu olduğuna hükmetti.
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BBC News source @bbc.com · London 🇬🇧· 12h

French cement maker Lafarge was found guilty of paying $6.5 million in protection money to jihadist groups, including Islamic State, to maintain operations at its Syrian plant during the civil war, leading to the imprisonment of former CEO Bruno Lafont and several other employees for financing terrorism. #TerrorismFunding #CorporateResponsibility #SyriaConflict

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Lafarge: Cement giant guilty of financing militant groups including Islamic State
French cement maker Lafarge has been found guilty of paying millions of dollars in protection money to jihadist groups, including the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), to keep its business running in Syria during the civil war.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 4w

#Syria #Refugees #EURelations

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Germany urges EU to do more to boost Syria's economic recovery
Concerns raised over return of refugees due to Syria's dire economic outlook and political uncertainties. Germany has called on the European Union to expand economic relations with Syria to help the country recover and stabilize more quickly after more than a decade of civil war, according to a position paper addressed to the European Commission.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

#Military #Counterterrorism #Syria

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In His Resignation Letter, Joe Kent Spoke About the Death of His Wife
Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent was killed in action during a special operations mission in Syria in 2019. Mr. Kent said he could not support "sending the next generation off to fight and die" in Iran.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 10

#HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Syria

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Ex-Syrian intelligence officer appears in UK court charged with crimes against humanity
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - A former member of Syria's Air Force Intelligence attended a British court hearing via videolink on Tuesday charged with crimes against humanity and torture relating to the suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Damascus in 2011.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 4

#Hezbollah #Israel #Syria

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Syria sends thousands of troops to Lebanon border, sources say
Hezbollah resumed firing at Israel after more than a year, prompting Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon's South and southern Beirut, leading to displacement of tens of thousands of people.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 26

#Syria #Telecommunications #NationalSecurity

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Exclusive-Washington presses Syria to shift from Chinese telecom systems
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAMASCUS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States has warned Syria against relying on Chinese technology in its telecommunications sector, arguing it conflicts with U.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 26

#Syria #Telecommunications #USForeignPolicy

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Exclusive-Washington presses Syria to shift from Chinese telecom systems
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAMASCUS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States has warned Syria against relying on Chinese technology in its telecommunications sector, arguing it conflicts with U.
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NBC News News source @nbcnews.com · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· Feb 24

#Syria #USMilitary #ISIS

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U.S. military moves forces and equipment out of northeast Syria base
QAMISHLI, Syria -- U. S. forces are withdrawing from a key base in northeastern Syria, officials said Monday, in what appears to be part of a larger drawdown of U.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 23

#Syria #Iraq #HumanRights

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22,000 Iraqis returned after Syria's notorious al-Hol camp closes
The camp, previously under Kurdish control and described as a prison, was taken over by forces of the Syrian interim government, leading to thousands of people escaping.
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 23

#Syria #USMilitary #MiddleEast

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US military moves forces and equipment out of northeast Syria base
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) -- U. S. forces are withdrawing from a key base in northeastern Syria, officials said Monday, in what appears to be part of a larger drawdown of U.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 22

#Syria #Refugees #Rebuilding

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Syrian Canadians waited years to return. For many, coming home has been harder than leaving
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been a little more a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ended a 14-year civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and decimated the country.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 21

#IS #Syria #Terrorism

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Islamic State lashes out at Syria's interim president as 'puppet without a soul,' urges new attacks
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BEIRUT (AP) -- The Islamic State group has blasted Syria's interim president calling him a "puppet without a soul" controlled by Western countries, adding that his fate eventually will be similar to that of ousted leader Bashar Assad.
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The Wall Street Journal News source @wsj.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 20

#Syria #IslamicState #refugees

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Exclusive | U.S. Intelligence Says at Least 15,000 at Large After ISIS Detention Camp Collapses in Syria
U. S. intelligence estimates 15,000 to 20,000 people, including Islamic State affiliates, are at large after an Al-Hol camp exodus.
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The Wall Street Journal News source @wsj.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 20

#ReligiousFreedom #HumanRights #SyriaConflict

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Opinion | Syria's Minorities Need American Help
I am haunted by memories of the genocide of Christians and Yazidis in Iraq. I was a senator when the U. S. ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· Feb 19

#Syria #USMilitary #ISIS

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U.S. planning to pull all troops from Syria, sources say
Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· Feb 19

#Syria #USMilitary #ISIS

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U.S. planning to pull all troops from Syria, sources say
Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston.
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Fox News News source @foxnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 19

#ISIS #Syria #Counterterrorism

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US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria
EXCLUSIVE: This was the kind of prison break officials say could have changed the region, and perhaps even the world, overnight.
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The Wall Street Journal News source @wsj.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 18

#USMilitary #SyriaWithdrawal #Counterterrorism

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Exclusive | U.S. Is Withdrawing All Forces From Syria, Officials Say
The U. S. is withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria, ending a decadelong military operation, officials said.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Feb 17

#ISIS #Syria #Repatriation

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Australia's ISIS camp dilemma exposes Syria's growing post SDF chaos
The situation highlights the larger problem of governments refusing to take back their citizens from Syrian camps, leaving women and children in limbo and potentially radicalizing others.