Cement maker Holcim's Lafarge will face trial in a French court on charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions in order to keep a plant operating, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor and a lead plaintiff said.

Cement maker Holcim Ltd.’s Lafarge will face trial in France over allegations it helped finance terrorism and violated sanctions in a long-running case over payments made to keep a plant operating in war-torn Syria.

Lafarge will face trial in France over allegations of financing terrorism and violating European sanctions during operations in Syria.

French investigating judges have ordered the cement group Lafarge to stand trial in criminal court on charges of financing terrorism, as it paid off jihadists groups to keep a plant in Syria in

Cement group Lafarge has been ordered to face trial in France on charges of financing jihadist terrorism by continuing to operate a cement factory in Syria until 2014, sources close to the case told AFP on Wednesday.