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EU ministers vote for Hezbollah terror ban | News | DW.DE | 22.07.2013
Well, about time the EU considered Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and blacklist it accordingly. I am quite surprised it wasn't already considered a terrorist threat.
The EU has decided to blacklist the paramilitary wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. Foreign ministers in Brussels made up their minds with a view to the group's intervention in Syria and alleged terrorist links.
The EU had so far resisted pressure from the US and Israel to add the Islamist movement to its list of terrorist groups. However, opposition to such a move had been fading recently.
Hezbollah's recent involvement in the Syrian conflict, which has seen its militia fighting alongside the government forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has proved unpopular with European governments.
The group has also been implicated in a deadly bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year. The request was put forward by Britain, which has already classified Hezbollah’s military wing as a terror group. France and the Netherlands have already banned the entire organization.
Well, about time the EU considered Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and blacklist it accordingly. I am quite surprised it wasn't already considered a terrorist threat.