Posts Tagged: Burgas Bombing
Bulgarian Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentences for Hezbollah Terrorists Convicted of Israeli Tourist Bus Bombing
Bulgaria's highest court has upheld the life sentences imposed in absentia on two Hezbollah terrorists convicted of a July 2012 terrorist attack at the airport...
Pompeo Vows to Maintain US Pressure on Iran Over Past Terrorist Outrages in Argentina and Bulgaria
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo affirmed over the weekend that the US government was continuing to exert "maximum pressure on Iran" to bring to justice...
Bulgaria Putting Suspected Burgas Attack Accomplices on Trial in Absentia
JNS.org - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said Thursday that two alleged accomplices in the murder of Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport in 2012 will be...
Burgas Bombing Victims, Including 5 Israelis, Remembered 3 Years Later
JNS.org - A memorial ceremony was held Monday at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria to mark the three-year anniversary of the terrorist bombing there, in which five...
US Members of Congress Call for Renewed Push Against EU for Failure to Blacklist Hezbollah
Jerusalem Post - After developments on Wednesday set back efforts to convince the European Union to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, members...
EU Declines to Blacklist Hezbollah
Al Arabiya - The European Union failed on Thursday to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist group in fear that such a move would lead...
Bulgaria: New Evidence of Hezbollah Involvement in Burgas Attack
JTA - Bulgaria claims it has previously undisclosed evidence that further implicates Hezbollah in a deadly terrorist attack last year on Bulgarian soil,...
Germany Announces Support for Adding ‘Military Wing’ of Hezbollah to Terror List
Ynet - Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah to the European Union's list of terrorist groups. Germany's foreign...
Mistaking Cause and Effect in Syria
Russia's President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Netanyahu during Mr. Netanyahu's visit to China, surely a diplomatic oddity. (Chinese Premier Li Kegiang answers the...
Bulgaria Conducts Reenactment of Burgas Bus Bombing
Ynet - Bulgarian authorities conducted a reenactment of the Burgas bus bombing which claimed the lives of five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver last...
Bulgarian Police Arrested Iranian Agent With Canadian Passport
Jerusalem Post - Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the ...
Jewish Leaders Applaud Hezbollah Terror Designation by France
Jewish leaders welcomed the recent designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization by the French government. "We welcome the French government's decision to support the designation...
Bulgaria to Provide More Evidence Hezbollah Planned Burgas Attack
Bulgaria has uncovered more evidence showing that the terrorist organization Hezbollah was behind the July 2012 attack on a tour bus carrying Israelis in Burgas. Five...
On Hezbollah Terrorist Group’s Designation, Will Peres’s Plea Move the EU?
With the civil war raging in Syria and Iran's continued pursuit of its suspected nuclear weapons program, the Hezbollah terrorist group stands as a bridge...