和平特使卜拉希米將首次訪問敘利亞大綱

The new United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria travels to Damascus Thursday in his first official visit to try to revive efforts to halt the country's persistent violence.

Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the trip.

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 Mr. 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.新任聯合國與阿拉伯國家聯盟的敘利亞問題特使卜拉希米星期四前往大馬士革進行首次正式訪問，爭取恢復結束敘利亞持續暴力的努力。

預計卜拉希米將在訪問期間會晤敘利亞總統阿薩德。

星期三， 卜拉希米在開羅與阿盟官員就敘利亞局勢進行磋商。在敘利亞，政府軍與反對阿薩德的反政府武裝的戰鬥已經持續了18個月，造成大約2萬人死亡。

敘利亞活動人士說，敘利亞政府軍星期四轟炸北部城市阿勒頗，繼續造成人員傷亡。

卜拉希米取代了前特使安南的職位。安南未能促成敘利亞停火，也未能啓動有關組建敘利亞過渡政府的談判。