Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on Tuesday there is “no obstacle” to holding a public meeting between his group and the Syrian leadership.
“There is no obstacle to holding a public meeting between Hezbollah and the Syrian leadership at a suitable time,” Qassem said in a televised speech on the Al Mayadeen channel.
Hezbollah publicly entered Syria’s civil war in 2013 in support of Bashar al Assad’s dictatorship.
As its confrontation with Israel intensified in 2024, the group withdrew a large portion of its militants back to Lebanon.
The subsequent lightning offensive by Syrian opposition forces and the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 effectively brought Hezbollah’s presence in Syria to an end.
“We emphasise the importance and necessity of a fraternal, positive, and cooperative relationship between Lebanon and Syria,” Qassem said.
“A stable Syria is a pillar of support for Lebanon, just as a stable Lebanon is a pillar of support for Syria,” he added.
In June, Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa said that Syria would be prepared to engage with Hezbollah “if doing so benefited both nations.”
“We will sit at the same table with Hezbollah if it serves the interests of Syria and Lebanon,” al Sharaa said in an interview with Al Mashhad TV in Damascus.
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