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A picture taken on November 11, 2009, shows Hezbollah fighters, holding up Lebanese flags and the yellow flag of the militant Shiite Muslim group, as they parade on the occasion of Martyr’s Day in the southern suburbs of Beirut. (AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR)

Hezbollah ‘military wing’ added to EU list of terrorist organizations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The European Union voted Monday to place the military wing of Hezbollah on its list of groups and organizations deemed to be terrorist groups. According to EU officials, this move comes with two conditions: members states are allowed to...

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Members of Lebanon’s of Hezbollah Shiite Muslim movement carry the coffin of a comrade in the village of Haret al-Fikani, in the Bekaa valley, on May 23, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/STR)

EU ‘big three’ turn on Hezbollah

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—France, Germany and the UK are to back attempts to have Hezbollah’s military wing declared a terrorist organization by the European Union. French and German officials signaled on Wednesday that they would support the move, following an appeal...

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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a ceremony to mark Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s birth in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Why Europe Should Ban Hezbollah

by Matthew Levitt | Mar 19, 2013 | Debate

According to Bulgarian investigators, Hezbollah was responsible for the July 2012 bus bombing that left five Israelis and a Bulgarian dead at Burgas airport. Two of the Hezbollah operatives were Western citizens—a Canadian and an Australian—who returned to Lebanon via...