The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad.

Iran and Turkey have summoned each other’s diplomats for discussions after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized Tehran’s policy of supporting militias in Syria and elsewhere in the region.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Iran on Tuesday to discuss Syrian developments with his Iranian counterpart, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

Iran held military drills from late December to late February, seeking to deter US, Israeli attacks after those nations warned of consequences for Iranian progress toward nuclear weapons

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

Israeli forces have pushed into Syria south of the capital Damascus and said they will remain there indefinitely.

Kremlin offers to mediate conversation between the enemies but Islamic Republic ‘reluctant’ to accept after Zelensky row at the White House