"Also, within the party’s elite circles, inferences have been made,
albeit not confirmed by substantiated information, that Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov’s visit to Lebanon after
spending time in Tehran last month, and his meeting with Nasrallah, was
for the purpose of coordinating the party’s effective entry into the
war in Syria. Regardless of the accuracy of said information..." There is no author to this article, mind you.