> NEW: SYRIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND HEZBOLLAH SECRETLY MET IN TÜRKIYE IN SEPTEMBER IN THE FIRST KNOWN FACE-TO-FACE TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES SINCE BASHAR AL-ASSAD'S FALL.
> THE TALKS, PUSHED BY TURKISH SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, FOCUSED ON EASING TENSIONS.
> SYRIA ASSURED HEZBOLLAH IT WOULD NOT INTERVENE MILITARILY IN LEBANON TO DISARM THE GROUP, WHILE ASKING HEZBOLLAH TO HALT CROSS-BORDER ARMS SMUGGLING AND DISMANTLE REMAINING CELLS IN SYRIA.
> HEZBOLLAH PLEDGED NOT TO INTERFERE IN SYRIAN AFFAIRS BUT GAVE NO DIRECT ANSWER ON THOSE REQUESTS.
> NO FINAL AGREEMENT WAS REACHED.