On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds gathered in the Old City, dancing and singing during a joyful evening of music - a concert held with the approval of Syria's new, Islamist-led authorities.
The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, three sources familiar with the visit told Reuters.
All Syrian groups, including women and Kurds, must be involved in transition if Damascus wants European support, said Germany's foreign minister, after a meeting with the new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Syria's new administration has imposed restrictions on Lebanese crossing their shared border into Syria, a Lebanese security official and a Syrian official said on Friday.
The head of a US -based Syrian advocacy group said that a mass grave outside Damascus the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
