Arab League declares Lebanese movement Hezbollah a terrorist group

The Arab League has declared Lebanese movement Hezbollah a terrorist group; only days after the Gulf Cooperation Council adopted the same stance. The move came during the Arab League Foreign Ministers' meeting at the organisation's seat in Egypt's capital Cairo Friday. Nearly all-22 Arab League members supported the decision, except Lebanon and Iraq, which expressed reservations. This Arab League decision came a day after Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leadar, accused Saudi Arabia of pressuring Lebanon to silence his group. Hezbollah, a Shia political organisation with an armed wing, fights in neighbouring Syria to support the government of President Bashar al-Assad.