WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Hezbollah, established in the 1980s, is a political, but also paramilitary organization originating in Lebanon's Shiite population. The group initially aimed to end Israel's occupation of Southern Lebanon.
"Hezbollah has demonstrated through indiscriminate violence that it is a terrorist organization and should be broadly recognized as such by the international community," Shaheen stated on Monday. "Our resolution urges our friends in the European Union to join us in applying this additional pressure on Hezbollah’s entire network."
The two senators introduced a resolution urging the European Union to designate Hezbollah "in its entirety" as a terrorist organization. The bloc currently designates only the group’s military wing as such.
Additionally, the resolution urges the European Union to facilitate better cross-border cooperation throughout the bloc to combat the group, including issuing arrest warrants against its members and active supporters, freezing its assets and prohibiting fundraising activities in its support.
