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February 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

EU Parliament Politicians Call for a Full Ban of Hezbollah

Members of the European Union parliament sent a letter on Thursday to EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, urging her to classify all of the Lebanese organization Hezbollah as a terrorist e...

January 18, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Hezbollah Terrorist Trial in Bulgaria Starts

The trial of two Hezbollah operatives, who allegedly blew up an Israeli tour bus in 2012, killing five Israelis and their Bulgarian bus driver, started on Wednesday in Sofia, Bulgaria. T...

July 21, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

What’s Happening Behind The Scenes Of Bulgaria’s Hezbollah Terror Trial?

Co-written by Yonah Jeremy Bob. Five years have passed since Hezbollah allegedly blew up an Israeli tourist bus in the Bulgarian resort town of Burgas and killed six people, inc...

April 29, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Connecting the Dots: Hezbollah, Iran’s Web of Plots

As the European Union grapples with a ban of the Lebanese Shi’ite organization Hezbollah within its territory, reports emerged last week of foiled Iranian and Hezbollah terror and criminal...

April 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Tower |

Europe Has a Serious Hezbollah Problem

After decades of denial, Europe’s leaders may have to face the grim truth about the world’s most sophisticated terror group.

April 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

‘Iranian Militia Monitored Bulgarian Synagogue’

US think tank: Qods Forces monitored synagogue in Sofia suggesting it's a possible target for terror attack.

March 11, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US Senator, Treasury Press EU to Blacklist Hezbollah

In an exchange with US Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) on drying up Iranian funds for the financing of its alleged nuclear weapons program, Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen said the US governm...

February 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Making Sense of Hamas’s Visit to Bulgaria

The arrival of three Hamas representatives in Bulgaria last week – believed to have obtained their visas in Cairo – and...

February 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal Dnevnik - Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s Problems with “Hamas” and “Hezbollah”

Google translation The arrival of three members of the radical Islamic terrorist organization "Hamas" in Sofia on Wednesday should alarm all Bulgarians fight neo-fascist and ant...

February 15, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Why Doesn’t Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group?

The rift over counterterrorism strategy between the United States and its trans-Atlantic partners will likely be on display next week in Brussels, where European foreign ministers are slated to d...

February 14, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Bulgarian Government Denies Meetings with Hamas

The Bulgarian government flatly rejected on Thursday reports that meetings between official representatives of the government and Hamas officials took place. Vessela Tcherneva, the...

February 7, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe’s Hezbollah Problem

In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?

February 5, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

Three Cheers for Bulgaria’s Indictment of Hezbollah’s Terror

Sofia, Bulgaria — Defying substantial German and French pressure to not explicitly name Hezbollah as the terror group behind the bombing of a tour bus that killed one Bu...

July 19, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Suicide Bomber Targeted Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria

The blast that killed seven people, including five Israelis, on bus at an airport in Burgas yesterday was carried out by a suicide bomber dressed as a Western tourist, the Bulgarian government sa...