FILE: French court scales back charges in Lafarge Syria finance case A French court on Thursday quashed a charge of complicity in crimes against humanity against cement giant Lafarge over alleged payments to Islamist militants in Syria, but kept other key accusations in place including terrorism financing. The French company is suspected of paying nearly 13 million euros ($14.4 million) to IS and other militant groups to keep the Jalabiya factory in northern Syria running, long after other French companies had pulled out of Syria. FILE IMAGES