International and Arab envoy on the Syrian crisis Lakhdar Brahimi left Cairo on Thursday heading to Paris for talks with a number of French officials on developments in Syria. During his stay in Cairo, Brahimi met with Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby and a number of Egyptian officials as well as Syrian opposition figures. Prior to that, he was on a European tour that saw him visit Norway and Switzerland, where he had held talks with officials on Syria.