Lebanese Parliament Vice President Farid Makari is predicting that the European Union will resist mounting pressure from both within Europe and abroad to blacklist Hezbollah after the Iran-backed terror group was linked by Bulgarian investigators to the July 2012 Burgas, Bulgaria bombing that killed six civilians. The U.S. State Department has emphasized the care and...

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Lebanon has received a report detailing Bulgaria’s investigation into the July 2012 bus bombing at the Black Sea resort city of Burgas, Bulgaria that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. Last week Bulgarian authorities linked the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, which holds cabinet-level positions in the sitting Lebanese government, to the...

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Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah “are building a network of militias inside Syria to preserve and protect their interests” should opposition forces successfully overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime. The regime is aligned with Tehran, and the Iranians have continued to supply Damascus with weapons and training over the course of the...

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has announced that Bulgaria will push for sanctions against Hezbollah after Bulgarian investigators linked the Iran-backed terror group to the July 2012 bombing in Burgas that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. Meanwhile, Bulgarian officials will present details of the investigation to European counterparts in the coming...

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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...

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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...

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Analysts are positively comparing the political resolve shown by Bulgarian officials – who yesterday announced that they had discovered links between Hezbollah and the July 2012 bombing of a tourist bus in Burgas, Bulgaria – with recent Argentinean moves that have been criticized for papering over Iran-backed terrorism. Buenos Aires...

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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...

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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...

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Intrigue continues to swirl around events last week in which Israel appears to have targeted advanced Syrian anti-aircraft SA-17 missiles that Jerusalem suspected of being bound for Hezbollah. Inconclusive reports described strikes on both a convoy of the missiles and on a Syrian military facility. New reports based on Syrian television broadcasts indicate...

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