The U.N.'s special envoy to Syria arrives at the Arab League in Cairo as the international community struggles to come together to end a civil war.<br/> <br />Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Tuesday that both the Syrian government and the opposition were preparing to take part in the internationally-sponsored conference over Syria's civil war.<br/> <br />But during a meeting in Istanbul Thursday, the Syrian National Coalition was still deciding whether to participate.<br/> <br />The coalition is also choosing a new president after Moaz Alkhatib resigned in March.<br/> <br />Alkhatib, who had offered President Bashar al-Assad a negotiated exit, has been meeting with coalition leadership.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SYRIAN NATIONAL COALITION SPOKESPERSON KHALED SALEH SAYING:<br/> <br />"… what matters to us most is to elect somebody who will be able to face the massacres Assad has committed on a daily basis."<br/> <br />Russia and the U.S. are pushing to hold the peace conference by the end of the month amid increasing re
