EU Puts Hezbollah on Notice - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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May 28, 2013

The Syrian flag is seen as people watch Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as he appears on a screen during a live broadcast to speak to his supporters at an event marking Resistance and Liberation Day, in Bekaa valley May 25, 2013. The event is to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTX100E4 — People wave Syrian and Hezbollah flags while watching Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a live broadcast to supporters at an event marking Resistance and Liberation Day, in the Bekaa Valley, May 25, 2013. — REUTERS/Sharif Karim

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) hold a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris September 7, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama has made no decisions about waiting for a U.N. weapons inspectors' report on chemical arms use in Syria and he is keeping all his options open, Kerry said on Saturday. REUTERS/Susan Walsh/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX13BSN

France Out on Limb Over Syria

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A U.N peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on an armoured vehicle secures the area near the site of an explosion in the southern Lebanese town of Tair Harfa December 17, 2012. The big explosion rocked the southern Lebanese town of Tair Harfa on Monday, five km (three miles) from the border with Israel but there were no casualties, residents said. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3BO9R

UNIFIL’s Uncertain Future

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A view is seen of damaged buildings at Baba Amro neighborhood in Homs city, after clashes between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and fighters of the Free Syrian Army, is seen in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA March 27, 2013. REUTERS/SANA/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIA

The European Dilemmas On Arming Syrian Rebels

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Smoke is seen after United Arab Emirates F-16 fighter jets fired missiles during joint military manoeuvres with the French army in the desert of Abu Dhabi May 2, 2012. REUTERS/Ben Job (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE SEE: GM1E85G1LE201 - RTR31I22

The Limits to Europe's Pivot to the Gulf

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