The chairman of Swiss-French cement maker LafargeHolcim (LHN.S) said the company had made unacceptable errors in Syria and that it was cooperating with French investigators, according to an interview published in the French newspaper Le Figaro on Sunday. In April, LafargeHolcim’s...

When Iran declared victory over Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, it hailed the “strong and pivotal” role played by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement. The praise, contained in a top general’s letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader in November, confirmed Hezbollan’s pre-eminence among...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Several executives of the French-Swiss cement maker Lafarge were investigated on Wednesday by the SNDJ (judicial customs) on financial links to extremist groups in Syria, including Daesh (ISIS), France Inter Radio said. Some of them have already...

Russia launched a second rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome in the far east on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to ease dependence on Baikonur in Kazakhstan. Marking another milestone after the inaugural liftoff last year, the Soyuz rocket carrying a weather satellite and other equipment...