Syrian government officials and Hezbollah secretly met in Türkiye in September, marking the first known face-to-face talks between the two sides since Bashar al-Assad's fall. The meetings were facilitated by Turkish security and intelligence agencies.

The talks focused on easing tensions, with Syria assuring Hezbollah it would not intervene militarily in Lebanon to disarm the group, while requesting a halt to cross-border arms smuggling and the dismantling of remaining cells in Syria. Hezbollah pledged not to interfere in Syrian affairs but did not directly answer the requests, and no final agreement was reached, according to Reuters.