France’s Cement Maker Lafarge Faces Trial Over Funding Daesh in Syria

The French company, now part of Swiss conglomerate Holcim, allegedly transferred millions of dollars between 2013 and 2014 through its Syrian subsidiary to armed factions including Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra. The payments were reportedly made to...

Syrian National Bloc rejects gov't findings on Syrian coast abductions

The Syrian National Bloc condemns the Damascus government's denial of abductions in the coastal region, demanding an independent investigation into war crimes. The Syrian National Bloc’s Family and Society Committee has strongly rejected the...

Germany’s Merz calls for repatriation of Syrians as far-right surges

Audio By Carbonatix By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Syrians no longer have grounds for asylum in Germany now the civil war in their country is over, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, as his conservatives seek to fend off a...

French cement maker Lafarge goes on trial on charges of financing jihadists in Syria

PARIS — French cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge unit went on trial Tuesday, facing charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating in northern Syria during the country’s civil war....

Damascus man arrested for years of alleged child sexual abuse

Published 1:21 pm Monday, November 3, 2025 A 47-year-old Damascus man was arrested Monday morning, Nov. 3, after years of allegedly sexually abusing a child. Rami Layous was taken into custody by Gresham Police detectives, with support from East...

Cement maker Lafarge goes on trial in France for 'funding terrorism' in Syria

The Lafarge Cement Syria plant, near Jalabiya, Syria, on February 19, 2018. DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP Eight and a half years after a judicial investigation was launched into the French cement maker Lafarge's activities in Syria, the first trial stemming...

Lafarge on trial in Paris over alleged payments to Islamic State in Syria

In what is shaping up to be a landmark case in France, the multinational cement giant Lafarge, along with several former senior executives are set to go on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying off jihadist groups – including the so-called Islamic...

Syrian Parliament Faces Gender and Minority Representation Challenges

The latest Syrian parliamentary elections have exposed a stark reality: in a nation where women comprise half the population and religious minorities have shaped its identity for centuries, their political representation has all but evaporated. A...

German Chancellor Invites Syrian President to Berlin to Discuss Refugee Repatriation

German Chancellor Invites Syrian President to Berlin to Discuss Refugee Repatriation ARK News.. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has extended an official invitation to Syrian Transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa to visit Berlin for talks on the...

Germany: Syrian man arrested in Berlin for planned Jihadi terror attack also promoted Islamic State videos online

A 22-year-old Syrian man is now in pretrial custody in Berlin following his arrest on suspicion of planning a jihadist-motivated attack, with prosecutors also alleging the main promoted videos from Islamic State (IS) before the attack. Police...

Ya Allah: Young Christian tour guide redefines post-war Syria, one battlefield tour at a time

Who is Zohran Mamdani's wife? All about Syrian-American artist Rama Duwaji

As the New York mayor elections are around the corner, we know that in the bustling arena of its politics, much attention naturally falls on the visible figures and elements. But at the same time, and behind one high-profile namelike her husband,...

Germany’s Merz: ‘Syrian refugees must now go home or be deported’

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation. In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said yesterday there was “no longer any reason” for...

Ceasefire Achieved in Northern Syria After Key Leadership Meeting

The announcement of a ceasefire between Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces marks a stunning reversal in a relationship defined by mutual suspicion and competing visions for Syria’s future. A History of Fragile...

Lafarge Syria terror financing trial begins in France

Lafarge's cement factory near the city of Raqqa pictured in 2011. [Getty] Cement maker Holcim's Lafarge unit goes on trial on Tuesday facing charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant...

Transit transportation between Türkiye, Syria to begin in November

DAMASCUS Coordination and integration at border crossings between Türkiye and Syria is progressing rapidly, and the transit transport agreement will be fully operational in this month, said Mazen Alloush, director of public relations at the Syrian...

Merz invites Syria’s Sharaa to Germany for deportation talks

BERLIN German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country's war is over or face deportation, inviting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to Berlin to discuss the issue. “The civil war in...

Syrian Democratic Forces arrest five ISIS cell members in Raqqa raid

Berri says Israeli claims of arms smuggling from Syria 'mere lies'

by Naharnet Newsdesk 04 November 2025, 13:11 Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday said Hezbollah “has fully committed to the ceasefire agreement” with Israel. Berri added that the Lebanese Army has deployed in the South Litani region with more than...

Israeli forces raid several villages in Syria’s Quneitra countryside

The Israeli army staged a new incursion into several villages in the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria on Monday, in the latest violation of the country’s sovereignty. A patrol consisting of four military vehicles and two tanks moved into the...