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Report: Opposition to EU Hezbollah Blacklisting Cooling

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Pro-Hezbollah rally in Stockholm. Photo: wiki commons.

Reuters – Britain has asked European Union foreign ministers to discuss putting Hezbollah’s armed wing on the EU terror list amid signs that opposition to the move is weakening, diplomats said on Friday.

A British drive to blacklist the militant Lebanese movement’s armed wing was discussed twice by a special EU group last month, but British diplomats failed to win over a number of sceptical governments which fear the step would fuel instability in the Middle East.

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