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What More Will It Take for the EU to Ban Hezbollah?
Last July, the then–foreign minister of Cyprus, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, whose country held the European Union’s rotating presidency, stated, “Should there be tangible evidence of Hezbollah... more...
The Frank Gaffney Show
FDD's Benjamin Weinthal discusses the European Union’s reluctance to classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. more...
‘Iranian Militia Monitored Bulgarian Synagogue’
A US-based think tank report has uncovered surveillance by Iranian militia Qods Force of the only synagogue in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. This suggests possible preparations for terrorist activity... more...
Most of Europe Reluctant to Crack Down on Hezbollah Despite Growing Threat
A House hearing on Hezbollah as a global terrorist threat coupled with Thursday’s prison sentence of a Hezbollah member — the first in a European court — brings... more...
Cyprus Criminal Court Convicts Hezbollah Member
A criminal court on Thursday in the city of Limassol convicted Hossam Taleb Yaacoub of membership in a criminal organization. The dual Swedish-Lebanese citizen admitted last month that he was a member... more...
Hezbollah, Jabhat al-Nusra Set for Showdown in Syria
The Lebanese have been fearful ever since the civil war erupted next door in Syria that it would spread to their nation and trigger communal fighting within their borders. And with the influx of huge numbers of refugees... more...
US Senator, Treasury Press EU to Blacklist Hezbollah
In an exchange with US Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) on drying up Iranian funds for the financing of its alleged nuclear weapons program, Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen said the US government... more...
A Nifty Conceit: the EU, Hezbollah, and Lebanon
The Hezbollah bus bombing in Bulgaria as well as their foiled operation in Cyprus have put Europe in an uncomfortable position, as pressure increases on the EU to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. more...
Inside Syria
FDD's Reuel Marc Gerecht discusses rising rumors about the Lebanese Shia group's involvement in Syria's ongoing civil conflict. more...
Iran’s Lebanon Arm
The recent death of Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) senior officer Hassan Shateri, alias Hessam Khoshnevis, has cast the spotlight on the direct role the IRGC... more...
Dutch FM: EU May Blacklist Hezbollah After Probe
The Netherlands’ Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans stressed on Monday the Dutch position that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and ought to be banned from European soil. Separately, former Dutch foreign... more...
Analysis: Hezbollah is Acting Just As It Always Has
Hezbollah and Iran are coordinating closely to keep Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. Hezbollah fighters continue to die in the Syrian civil war as the Syrian opposition claimed on Monday that 43 were killed... more...
Why Doesn’t Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group?
The rift over counterterrorism strategy between the United States and its trans-Atlantic partners will likely be on display next week in Brussels, where European foreign ministers are slated to discuss the Bulgarian... more...
Iran and Israel Fight, Lebanon Loses
It’s been more than two weeks since the Israeli airstrike in Syria against the arms convoy headed for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Bits of information, coupled with ominous warnings, are coming out from Jerusalem... more...
Israel on Alert
Senior Israeli officials have indicated that the Jewish state is gearing up for a major “war with Lebanon,” according to sources close to the Israeli government. The Israeli military has reportedly... more...
The Winds of War in Lebanon
Multiple sources suggest that the winds of war are blowing to Israel’s north, and that such a war could erupt very soon. Lebanese parliamentarian Jean Ogassapian of the Future Bloc issued a warning... more...
Assessing Israel’s Strike on Syria
Last week saw what might have been the first incursion by Israeli warplanes into Syria airspace in six years. The strike took place on Wednesday (January 30th), and by week’s end, unnamed US and Israeli... more...
EU Hesitant to Blacklist Hezbollah
Three men of Lebanese origin carrying Western passports traveled from Beirut to Warsaw, Poland, and then took the train to Sofia, Bulgaria. On July 18, 2012, one of them, who was carrying a backpack... more...
The John Batchelor Show
The Bulgaria bus bombing and the EU's stance on Hezbollah. more...
Hollow Praise for the LAF
On Monday, the US ambassador to Lebanon, Maura Connelly, called the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and expressed condolences for the officers killed or injured in last week’s raid... more...
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