Lebanon's caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Iran’s embassy in Beirut posted on X, formerly Twitter, that during Mr Larijani’s talks with Mr Berri, the Iranian official said Tehran stands by Lebanon’s “government, army and resistance”, referring to Hezbollah.

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler has issued a strong warning regarding Israel's potential to escalate tensions with Turkey.