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French court jails Lafarge ex-CEO for funding IS in Syria

French court jails Lafarge ex-CEO for funding IS in Syria

A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria. The ruling follows a 2022 case

French jihadist jailed for life for Islamic State crimes against Yazidis

French jihadist jailed for life for Islamic State crimes against Yazidis

A French jihadist was sentenced to life in jail on Friday for involvement in Islamic State group atrocities against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, the first such case in France. Sabri Essid, thought to have been killed in 2018, was found guilty in absentia by a Paris court

Yazidi woman tells French court of rape, slavery and escape from IS

Yazidi woman tells French court of rape, slavery and escape from IS

A Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave by the Islamic State group testified Thursday before a French court, describing in stark detail the horrors she endured under jihadist captivity. The 32-year-old spoke in a Paris tribunal as part of the trial of French jihadist Sabri