EU Designates Hezbollah a Terrorist Organization
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Channel: Voice of America · 2013 · News & Politics
The European Union voted Monday to designate the military wing of Lebanon-based Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. It follows pressure from Washington and Israel to isolate the Shi'ite militant group. Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian conflict, on the side of the Assad government, appears to have changed EU minds, as Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA from London.