Syrian officials meet Hezbollah secretly in Turkey
Syrian officials and representatives from the Lebanese Hezbollah, under the auspices of Turkish security agencies, held secret talks in Turkey aimed at calming tensions between the two sides. The meeting, the first of its kind, discussed joint security issues and emphasized that there is no hostility between Syria and Hezbollah, with Damascus reaffirming that it will not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm the party. Syria also requested Hezbollah's help in halting arms smuggling and dismantling sleeper cells, especially in southern Syria, following the announcement of the arrest of a Hezbollah-affiliated cell preparing to launch rockets there. However, no final agreement was reached, and the two sides have been communicating through Turkey for about two months, with significant progress made on security matters.
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