Syria's 19-month-old civil war killed at least 80 people across the country today, a network of opposition activists said.

Of those killed, 39 people lived in Damascus and its suburb, said the Local Coordination Committees for Syria.

On Friday, a United Nations-Arab League envoy working for a cease-fire arrived in Damascus.

The envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, "eventually" will be meeting President Bashar al-Assad during a trip expected to last several days, said Brahimi's spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi.