Business Deal With Isis

While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accusing the West of turning a blind eye to ISIS smuggling, a member of his parliament was quietly doing business with the group, farmers and administrators in the terrorists' former stronghold said.

In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone's third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company's plantation.

While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accusing the West of turning a blind eye to ISIS smuggling, a member of his parliament was quietly doing business with the group, farmers and administrators in the terrorists' former stronghold said.

In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone's third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company's plantation.