{
  "id": 11163627,
  "title": "Exclusive-Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, sources say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/exclusive-syrian-government-officials-and-hezbollah-held-secret-talks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T09:46:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/exclusive-syrian-government-officials-and-hezbollah-held-secret-talks-turkey"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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 longtime foes. The Syrian officials and the Iran-aligned group met secretly at least once last month,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Syria, Hezbollah hold secret security talks in Turkey, reportedly to ease border tensions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/syria-hezbollah-hold-secret-security-talks-in-turkey-reportedly-to",
        "published": "2026-10-01T10:12:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}