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• Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair

  over its support for the Syrian military.Earlier this week, France and Germany joined a push by Britain to have the EU declare Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization. Such a move, long sought by the U.S., would hamper Hezbollah operations in Europe.Late 6:56 AM Read more »

• Hezbollah: EU making big mistake

  He did not elaborate.France this week joined an EU push to declare the group a terrorist organization amid frustration with Hezbollah's support for Syria's military.France's move could prove pivotal after Germany joined a British effort to name Hezbollah terrorist.   Read more »

• EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

  for a terrorist bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian last year. Bulgaria has accused Hezbollah of the attack, a charge the Shiite group denies.Hezbollah's links to the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad have also increasingly   Read more »

• Hezbollah casualties show growing role in Syria

  -- Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shia militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday. The intense battle drove rebels from large parts of the   Read more »

• Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

  a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state-media said Monday. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group have been killed in the clashes.   Read more »

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• Syrian opposition slams Hezbollah involvement in conflict

  group on Saturday condemned the involvement of the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the country's civil conflict, saying that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's recent comments overtly defended his group's backing to the Syrian army. In a phone interview 21 m ago from SINA English Read more »

• WORLD NEWS AT A GLANCE

  leader of the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Saturday decisively committed his followers to an all-out battle in Syria to salvage the rule of President Bashar Assad, saying that Hezbollah was fighting abroad to “immunize” Lebanon from an Israeli 7:33 PM from ABC-KVUE Austin Read more »

• Nasrallah pledges ‘victory’

  BEIRUT: Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday vowed “victory” in Syria, where militants of his powerful Lebanese Shiite movement are fighting alongside regular troops against rebels trying to topple the regime. “I say to all the honourable people, t 5:43 PM from GulfToday.ae Read more »

• Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

  Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon, publicly confirming for the first time that his men were fighting in Syria. Hezbollah supporters hold Hezbollah flags as they listen to the broadcast of a speech by Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, during 4:57 PM from Charlotte Observer Read more »

• Hezbollah leader acknowledges fighters' presence in Syria town

  Syrian army soldiers take control of the village of Western Dumayna north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr on Monday, May 13. Syrian troops captured three villages in Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military 4:11 PM from CNN Read more »