Turkey has blocked NATO initiatives designed to enhance the alliance’s cooperation with Israel, according to statements made this week by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Substantively, the claims are likely to cause frustration in Washington and elsewhere, as NATO cooperation with regional allies is seen as crucial to the U.S.’s ability...

European leaders appear to be taking halting steps toward designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the aftermath of a Bulgarian announcement that investigators had discovered links between the Iran-backed terror group and the July 2012 bus bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria. German officials released a statement late yesterday emphasizing that...

U.S. lawmakers and officials from across the political spectrum are emphasizing their support for Bulgaria and are calling on the European Union to blacklist Hezbollah a day after Sofia announced that Bulgarian investigators had discovered links between the Iran-backed organization and a July 2012 bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria that killed five...

Bulgarian officials today announced that more than half a year’s worth of investigations into the July 2012 Burgas bombing yielded sufficient evidence to link two of the suspects to the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. Five Israelis and a Bulgarian died in the attack. Among the issues at stake are efforts by France...

Bulgarian officials have announced that a half-year investigation conducted by Sofia has linked members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah to the July 2012 terrorist attack in the Bulgarian resort city of Burgas. Five Israelis and a Bulgarian were killed in the bombing. The announcement comes in the midst of American efforts...

US Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin harshly criticized the European Union over the weekend for refusing to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Speaking at a one-day conference in London, Benjamin described Hezbollah’s legal status in the EU as “undermin[ing] security goals” pursued by the US and its allies. The debate over designating Hezbollah is...