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                        UN Peace Envoy Arrives in Syria

   by VOA News

   The new United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria is in Damascus for
   his first official visit to try to revive efforts to halt the country's
   persistent violence.
   A spokesman for Lakhdar Brahimi said the envoy arrived Thursday for
   meetings with government officials, members of the opposition and civil
   society.
   The statement did not specifically mention Syrian President Bashar
   al-Assad.  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said earlier this week
   that Brahimi would meet with Assad "soon."
   On Wednesday, Brahimi was in Cairo for talks with Arab League officials
   about the situation in Syria, where 18 months of fighting between
   government forces and rebels opposed to Assad has left about 20,000
   people dead.
   Syrian activists say the killing continued Thursday with deadly
   shelling by Syrian forces in the northern city of Aleppo.
   Brahimi replaced former envoy Kofi Annan, who failed to establish a
   cease-fire in Syria and open talks on a transitional government.
   Timeline of Syrian Unrest
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