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EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization.

Germany backs terror label for Hezbollah militants

Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah to the European Union's list of terrorist groups.

Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key town

Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian war has raised tensions considerably in Lebanon and strengthened concerns of the conflict spilling over the country's volatile border.

Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks Syria's civil war, said that more than 70 Hezbollah fighters have also been wounded in the fighting around the town of Qusair.

Hezbollah: Syria to supply weapons to militia

During the 2006 conflict, Hezbollah fired nearly 4,000 rockets at northern Israel, including several medium-range missiles that for the first time hit Israel's third-largest city, Haifa.

Hezbollah chief: Syria to supply strategic weapons

Nasrallah spoke Thursday, less than a week after Israeli officials said Israeli aircraft twice struck shipments of advanced weapons believed to be bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon.

A look at the Fateh-110 missile

Israel worries the missiles could be transferred to Lebanon's Hezbollah, providing a major boost to the Shiite militant group's arsenal.

Obama says he won't comment on Israeli airstrike

President Barack Obama says he won't comment on an Israeli airstrike against Syria that targeted a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be headed for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Israel prepares for next war with Hezbollah

Israeli military officials believe that Hezbollah, which is preoccupied with its own domestic problems and the precarious position of its Syrian ally, has no desire to reignite hostilities.

Cyprus trial of Hezbollah member wraps up

Although Yaacoub admits to being a loyal Hezbollah member who worked for the Shiite militant group in Europe, he denies being part of any plot to attack Israelis on the east Mediterranean island.

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