New: Syrian government officials and Hezbollah met secretly in Turkey in September in the first known face-to-face talks between the two sides since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

New: Syrian government officials and Hezbollah met secretly in Turkey in September in the first known face-to-face talks between the two sides since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

The talks, pushed by the Turkish security and intelligence agencies, focused on easing tensions.

Syria promised Hezbollah that it would not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm the group, while asking Hezbollah to stop cross-border arms smuggling and dismantle the remaining cells in Syria.

Hezbollah pledged not to interfere in Syrian affairs but did not give a direct answer to these requests. No final agreement was reached.

Source: Reuters