Hezbollah has thanked Iran for insisting that Lebanon, where Israel and the group have been at war, be included in the deal to end the Middle East conflict, AFP reports.

“Hezbollah expresses its profound gratitude” to Iran’s leaders, forces and people “for their steadfast support of Lebanon, its people and its resistance, and for their insistence that Lebanon be included in any understanding leading to the cessation of war”, the group says in a statement.