Syrian Foreign Minister Asad Shaaban said on Thursday that Damascus would be ready to meet Hezbollah if it served Syria’s interests. The statement came amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and concerns about the potential spill‑over of those conflicts into the Iran‑US deal.
The comment follows remarks by former Lebanese president Michel Aoun, who said that Lebanon’s stability is as important to Damascus as Beirut’s. Aoun’s statement was shared on X.
The comments come as Trump, the former U.S. president, had earlier suggested a surprise approach to the region, but the Syrian government’s stance is the main focus of the report.