A Syrian man who fled his war-torn homeland has been stuck at Istanbul's main international airport for more than a year, in a real-life echo of the Tom Hanks movie "The Terminal".

A top Iranian security official on Wednesday hailed Hizbullah for its military role in Syria, saying the Tehran-backed party's intervention in the neighboring country has helped preserve Lebanon's security.

“Hizbullah has played a key role in eradicating the terrorist groups in Syria and protecting Lebanon's security,” said Ali Shamkhani, the head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.

Telecommunications Minister Butros Harb stated on Wednesday that violations against the country's sovereignty and its national security are unacceptable, assuring that perpetrators behind the illegal internet networks will be punished.

“We will not accept violations against our national sovereignty and security, nor will we accept infringing on the privacy rights of the Lebanese. These crimes will not go unpunished,” Harb stated in a press conference.

Speaker Nabih Berri has described Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “skilled judo player,” saying he had changed the equation in the fighting in Syria and created a positive shock after his announcement this week that his forces will withdraw from Syria.

As Safir daily on Wednesday quoted Berri as telling his visitors that Putin changed the equation in the battles in Syria's war with five months of intense bombardment of President Bashar Assad's foes.

Hizbullah has denied reports about the withdrawal of its fighters from Syria following the decision of President Vladimir Putin for Russian personnel to begin pulling out from the war-torn country.

"False messages have been disseminated about the partial withdrawal of Hizbullah fighters” from Syria, a Hizbullah official told RIA Novosti Russian state news agency.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will tell his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that any future agreement in Syria must not end up strengthening Hizbullah and and its main backer Iran, a senior Israeli official said.

The unidentified official said the main goal of Rivlin’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow will be to discuss the international negotiations taking place in Geneva on an agreement to end the fighting in Syria and find a political solution for the war-torn country.

In a hospital in northern Israel, wounded Syrian rebel Malek is waiting until he is well enough to pick up his gun again to battle President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

"I will return to Syria and fight until Assad is gone," the 22-year-old told Agence France Presse in a treatment room guarded by Israeli soldiers.

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri on Tuesday called on Hizbullah and other groups fighting alongside the Syrian regime to “stop killing the Syrian people” and return to their countries.

Resigned minister Ashraf Rifi has resumed his duties as justice minister by signing the ministry's mail and following up on its files, although without being present at the ministry building, media reports said on Tuesday.

Palestinian factions and popular committees in north Lebanon denied Tuesday reports about the presence of an alleged assassination squad at the al-Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp.

In a statement, the groups denied “media reports about the presence of a cell at the al-Beddawi camp that is plotting to assassinate resigned justice minister Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and MP Ahmed Fatfat” of the al-Mustaqbal bloc.