A Paris court of appeal has upheld the indictment of French cement group Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity concerning its activities in Syria at the height of the country's civil war.
Following a judicial investigation, which has been the subject of numerous procedural twists and turns, the Lafarge group - which is now a subsidiary of the Swiss conglomerate Holcim - was charged with having paid several million euros to terrorist groups, including the Islamic State armed group and its intermediaries, between 2013 and 2014.
