Report: Syria and Hezbollah Hold Secret Security Talks in Turkey

Syrian officials and Hezbollah held covert security talks in Turkey to ease border tensions, with Damascus assuring it will not intervene to disarm the group.

Official representatives from Syria and Hezbollah held secret security talks in Turkey aimed at easing border tensions between the two countries, newspapers Makor Rishon and The Jerusalem Post reported.

According to the report in The Jerusalem Post, a Syrian official stated that both sides agreed they held no mutual hostility toward one another. In addition, Syria assured Hezbollah that it would not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm the group.

Further details regarding the substance of the talks and their precise timing have not yet been released.