Bulgaria will brief other EU nations on the results of the probe that linked the Shiite group Hezbollah to last year’s bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver, Bulgaria’s foreign minister said Sunday. The findings, announced on Tuesday, brought renewed pressure on the European Union from the U.S., Israel and Canada […]
Bulgaria asks Lebanon to extradite the Hezbollah suspects
Bulgaria demanded from Lebanon the extradition of the two Hezbollah suspects in the Burgas bus bombing that killed fives Israeli citizens, a Bulgarian and the Hezbollah member that was tasked with the detonation of the bomb,
Bulgaria: The 2 Hezbollah suspects are living in Lebanon- update
The two living suspects behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year have been identified and both are now living in Lebanon, a top Bulgarian security official said Wednesday. The bomb that exploded July 18 as the Israeli tourists were boarding a bus at the airport in Burgas also killed […]
Hezbollah dismisses Bulgaria accusation over bus bombing
The Lebanese Islamist Hezbollah movement dismissed on Wednesday Bulgaria’s accusation that it carried out a bomb attack which killed five Israeli tourists last year, saying Israel was waging a smear campaign against it. Deputy Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said
Bus bombing raises pressure on EU to outlaw Hezbollah
A finding that Hezbollah is to blame for the bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last July adds to pressure on the European Union to label the controversial group an outlaw terrorist organization.
Bulgaria briefs Israel , EU on bus bombing probe
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov paid a surprise visit to Israel on Thursday during which he briefed leaders on its probe into a bombing in the Black Sea resort of Burgas last July that the Israelis blamed on Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants and Iran.