Authorities arrest three Lebanese in northern Nigeria on suspicion of being members of Hezbollah; Military Spokesman Ikedichi Iweha says arms, ammunition were targeted at facilities of Israel, Western interest in Nigeria.
Eviction said due to Hamas support for Syria opposition forces, while Hezbollah allied with Syrian President Bashar Assad; Hamas, who were previously reported to be training rebel forces, deny the report.
State Department says Hezbollah involvement signals a dangerous broadening of the war and is an ''unacceptable and extremely dangerous escalation''; affirms US continuing to escalate aid and support to Syrian opposition.
The White House greeted news of the EU foreign affairs Council’s decision to ease its collective arms embargo on Syria as a means of allowing individual members to actively support the opposition, with Press Secretary Jay Carney declaring that “support for the opposition is a track that we are pursuing even as we also work with the opposition in an effort to realise the Geneva Communique and bring about the political transition that is envisioned in it”.
The EU “reaffirmed the importance it attached to its relations with Turkey, a candidate country and a key partner for the European Union, considering its dynamic economy and strategic location” at a meeting of EU-Turkey Association Council in Brussels Monday, as it called for “active and credible.''
European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday failed to reach an agreement on whether to arm Syria's rebels when an embargo expires at the end of the month.
Israel on Monday holds a nationwide drill to prepare the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and civilian institutions for the threat of an unconventional weapons attack, the army said.
