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EU ministers agree to blacklist Hezbollah's armed wing
Source: BBC
EU foreign ministers have agreed to list the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.
The move required the agreement of all 28 of the EU's member states.
It will now become illegal for Hezbollah sympathisers in Europe to send the group money or for European diplomats to meet its militant staff.
Some member states had been wary of the measure, saying it could further destabilise the situation in Lebanon.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23397003
