STORY: International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Syria on Sunday and is expected to meet President Bashar al-Assad later in the week, airport sources in Lebanon said.<br/> <br />The Damascus airport has been almost completely shut down due to fighting nearby between rebels and Assad's forces.<br/> <br />Rights groups say 44,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising erupted against Assad in March last year.
