Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, Reuters reports - L'Orient Today
Naharnet · Regional
- Arabic title
- أجرت الحكومة السورية ومسؤولون من حزب الله محادثات سرية في تركيا، حسبما تقارير رويترز - لوريان لوجور
- English title
- Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, Reuters reports - L'Orient Today
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- UTC
- Topic
- Displacement, Military, Politics
From the text
Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm tensions between them, according to six sources briefed on the first known meeting between the longtime foes, Reuters reported Thursday.
The Syrian officials and the Iran-aligned group met secretly at least once last month, the sources, who include two Syrian officials, a US official and a senior Lebanese security source close to Hezbollah, told Reuters.
Hezbollah for years dispatched fighters to Syria to defend former President Bashar al-Assad's government durin…source ↗