LafargeHolcim, the Swiss-French cement company, faces a French judicial inquiry into allegations it helped finance terrorism in Syria, a scandal that has already led to the exit of its chief executive. The prosecutors’ office in Paris confirmed on Tuesday that three judges would start...

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Syria's President Bashar Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of advances by his forces backed by key ally Russia. In recent months, Assad's troops and allied fighters have retaken territory across the country, including recapturing all of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says a chemical attack in Syria was a provocation against Syrian President Bashar Assad. Speaking at an economic forum in St. Petersburg on Friday, Putin strongly reaffirmed Russia's view that Assad's forces weren't responsible for a fatal chemical attack in...