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Lafarge cement company paid ISIS to run plant in Syria, will pay $778 million in fines

A major international cement company will has pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to giving financial support to ISIS, will forfeit $687 million and pay the U.S. government nearly $91 million in fines, prosecutors said.

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Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine show that there's already one victor in that war: Iran

The war in Ukraine is helping one country achieve its foreign policy and national security objectives, but it’s neither Russia nor Ukraine.

The Conversation

Hamas Delegation to Visit Syria after Shunning Assad for Years

Hamas leaders will visit Syria on Wednesday, in a move by the Palestinian group to rebuild ties after shunning President Bashar al-Assad for years over his violent crackdown on protests. Normalizing ties with Assad's government could help restore Hamas's inclusion in a so-called "axis of resistance" against Israel, which also…

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Turkish Troops Deploy in Syrian Town to Halt Inter-Opposition Fighting

Turkish troops deployed on Tuesday in an area in northwestern Syria to try to halt fighting between rival opposition factions opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and opposition forces said. Turkish tanks and armored vehicles took up positions around Kafr Jana, a rugged area which the main extremist opposition…

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France’s Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting ISIL

The cement maker has pleaded guilty to making payments to groups designated as ‘terrorists’ by the US.

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Hamas delegation to visit Damascus on Wednesday

Leaders of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will visit Syria on Wednesday, its first high profile trip there since it departed Damascus more than 10 years ago.

Reuters

France's Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting terror groups in Syria

French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a US charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including the Islamic State (IS) group, agreeing to pay almost $780 million in fines and forfeitures.

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French firm charged in US with Islamic State group payments

French cement company Lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying $17 million to the Islamic State group so that a plant in Syria could remain open, in a case the Justice Department describes as the first of its kind

The Independent UK

Lafarge pleads guilty to U.S. charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million

French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria.

Reuters

Turkish troops deploy in Syrian town to halt inter-rebel fighting

Turkish troops deployed on Tuesday in an area in northwestern Syria to try to halt fighting between rival rebel factions opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and rebel forces said.

Reuters

King meets refugees who have settled for new life in Scotland

The King welcomed refugees from Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan as he learned of efforts to resettle displaced families in Aberdeen.Charles visited the Scottish city on Monday to hear first hand how Aberdeen City Council has been supporting people fleeing conflict in their homeland.The city council has worked with the UK…

Evening Standard

Envoy Says UN to Push for Nationwide Ceasefire in Syria

The United Nations will push for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria even after bursts of fighting in the last opposition-held region have punctured a two-year truce there, killing hundreds, a UN envoy said Monday. Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, spoke to reporters after meeting the foreign minister…

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Inter-Opposition Clashes Resume in Northwest Syria after Collapse of Truce

Rival Syrian opposition groups in northwestern Syria resumed heavy clashes a day after a fragile truce ended five days of bloody fighting in the last remaining opposition enclave, residents and opposition factions said on Monday. The main extremist opposition group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), listed as terrorists by the United…

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King meets refugees who have settled for new life in Scotland

The monarch met displaced families from countries such as Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan who have made a new life in Aberdeen.

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Cholera spreading rapidly through Syria with 13,000 cases and 60 deaths

There is now 40 percent less drinking water than before the conflict began over a decade ago, according to the IRC and only 65 percent of hospitals and 56 percent of public health care centres are fully functional

Reuters

Inter-rebel clashes resume in northwest Syria after collapse of truce

Rival Syrian rebel groups in northwestern Syria resumed heavy clashes a day after a fragile truce ended five days of bloody fighting in the last remaining opposition enclave, residents and rebels said on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putting Kurds in Spotlight, Iran’s Leaders Try to Deflect National Protest

Facing their biggest challenge in years, Iran's religious leaders are trying to portray the angry protests over the death of Mahsa Amini as a breakaway uprising by her fellow Kurds threatening the nation's unity rather than its clerical rule. Amini, a 22-year-old from Kurdistan province in northwest Iran, died in…

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Putting Kurds in spotlight, Iran's leaders try to deflect national protest

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Calm returns to Syria rebel enclave after deadly internecine fighting

Calm prevailed on Sunday in rebel-controlled northwest Syria a day after a Turkish-brokered truce ended bloody clashes between rival factions which risked wider internecine warfare among opponents of President Bashar al Assad's rule, residents and rebels said.

Reuters

Russian, Syrian forces kill 20 militants in Syria - Russian general

Russian and Syrian forces have killed 20 Islamic militants in an operation in southern Syria, including those responsible for blowing up a troop bus, a Russian officer was quoted as saying late on Sunday.

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Turkish Forces, HTS Launch Joint Patrols in Afrin

The Turkish forces redeployed in Jindires in Afrin and al-Bab city in the northern countryside of Aleppo, within the areas of operations Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield. The areas are under Turkish control along with the factions of the so-called Syrian National Army loyal to Ankara. The Syrian Observatory for…

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A rare Roman-era mosaic is uncovered during the excavation of an old building in Syria

Syria uncovered a large intact mosaic that dates back to the Roman era, with officials describing it as the most important archaeological discovery since the country's conflict began 11 years ago.

The Guardian - UK

‘I just wanted a chance’: the Mansfield goalkeeping coach who fled Syria

Fahd Saleh vowed to escape Homs after his apartment block was bombed and has realised a dream in English football

Daily Mirror

Cholera vaccine to be axed from production despite WHO warning of 'turbocharged' spread

The world is facing an “unprecedented” series of deadly outbreaks from the disease, with Haiti, Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia all fighting waves now

Asharq Al-Awsat

45 Casualties in Bombing of Syrian Army’s 4th Division in Damascus Countryside

At least 18 Syrian soldiers were killed and at least 27 wounded on Thursday when an explosive device detonated on a military bus belonging to the Syrian army’s Fourth Division in the Damascus countryside. It represents one of the deadliest attacks in months against Syrian government troops not on an…

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