The Media Advisor to the Syrian Presidency Denies to Al-Arabiya the Existence of Communications with Hezbollah

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The media advisor to the Syrian presidency, Ahmad Mufaq Zidan, denied in a statement to Al Arabiya/Al Hadath on Friday the reports of communications with Hezbollah, confirming that they are baseless.

Zidan said: "We have previously paid the price for rapprochement with militias outside the Lebanese state."

The media advisor to the Syrian presidency confirmed that parties with vested interests are spreading false reports about communication with Hezbollah.

The media advisor to the Syrian presidency, Ahmad Mufaq Zidan, told Al Arabiya: The circulating reports about communications with Hezbollah are completely unfounded and have been denied by Damascus and Ankara.. The Syrian government supports the sovereignty of the Lebanese state in controlling and monitoring the shared borders and confining the political and military decision to its official institutions..… pic.twitter.com/RzeewwWJFM

Zidan explained that his country deals with the state, saying: "Our approach in Lebanon is to support the state only."

Zidan emphasized that "the era of militias has ended and there is no place for them."

He stated that negotiations with Lebanon "should be with the state, not a militia."

Reports claimed on Thursday that representatives from the Syrian government and the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah held direct talks in Turkey in an attempt to ease tensions between the two sides, marking the first known meeting of its kind between the two long-time adversaries.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry: The reports about communications with Hezbollah are not true. pic.twitter.com/NPH7tBiZr5

After the news was published, the official English account of the Syrian government on X platform denied that such a meeting took place, stating: "These are false claims." Syria announced on Tuesday that it had arrested a cell affiliated with Hezbollah that was preparing to launch rockets in southern Syria.

Hezbollah denied any involvement in the matter on Wednesday, stating that it has no presence whatsoever in Syrian territory and is not involved in any security or military activities there.