PARIS: A Paris court ​on Monday found cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge unit guilty of 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.

Eight former ⁠Lafarge employees, including ‌executives, ‌were also found ​guilty ‌of financing ‌terrorism.

Judges ruled that Lafarge paid 5.593 million euros ($6.53 million) in ‌total to jihadist groups including Islamic ⁠State ⁠and the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, both designated as terrorists by the EU, between 2013 and September 2014.