EU Preparing To List Hezbollah As A Terrorist Organization

Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters take part in a military parade. (File Photo: Reuters)

EU Poised To Put Hezbollah’s Military Wing ‘On Terror List’ -- Al Arabiya/AFP

The European Union stands poised to put the military wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations after a formal request to blacklist the group was filed by a member state Monday, diplomats said.

The request from Britain formally launches a process to blacklist the group, a move that has long been requested by Israel and which will be discussed in early June, several EU diplomats told AFP news agency.

"We hope to have an agreement by the end of June," one of the diplomats said, adding that EU experts would meet in a special committee to discuss the request early June.

Both Israel and the United States have pressured the 27-member bloc to follow their example and designate Hezbollah as a terrorist group but the issue remained sensitive and divisive, with Britain openly in favor while France and Italy were believed reluctant.

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More News On The EU Preparing To Label Hezbollah's Military Wing As A Terrorist Organization

EU set to brand Lebanon's Hezbollah as 'terrorists' -- The Australian/AFP
European Union poised to add Hezbollah to terror list -- Washington Times
EU set to blacklist military wing of Hezbollah -- Jerusalem Post
Sources: EU putting Hezbollah on terror list -- YNet News
UK asks EU to put Hezbollah military wing on terror list: diplomat -- Reuters
France confirms EU procedure underway to list Hezbollah as "terrorist" body -- KUNA
Germany Moves Closer to Listing Hezbollah a Terrorist Organization -- Heritage Foundation
Hezbollah has already been blacklisted in several countries -- The Daily Star
EU set to add Hezbollah "military wing" to terror list -- The Commentator

My Comment: Hezbollah has little if any support in Europe. Now that they are using their military wing to prop up the Assad regime in Syria .... the EU is going to act.