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Coverage dated October 1, 2026

Syria denies officials held ‘secret’ talks with Hezbollah in Turkiye

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Six sources from Syria, the US and Lebanon told Reuters news agency the reported meeting aimed to calm tensions.

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Exclusive-Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, sources say (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Feras Dalatey , Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari Oct 1 (Reuters) - 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 long…

  2. Al-Monitor

    Syria denies meeting with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in Turkey: What to know (opens Al-Monitor)

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    The Syrian government denied reports that Syrian officials met with Hezbollah representatives in Turkey, as relations between the two sides remain fraught with tensions mainly over the Lebanese group’s support for Assad’s forces against rebels during the Syrian civil war.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Syria denies officials held ‘secret’ talks with Hezbollah in Turkiye (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Six sources from Syria, the US and Lebanon told Reuters news agency the reported meeting aimed to calm tensions.