De Mistura succeeds Brahimi as U.N. Syria mediator: diplomats

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U.N. special representative in Afghanistan De Mistura holds a report during a news conference in KabulBy Michelle Nichols and Tom Miles UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) – Veteran United Nations official Staffan de Mistura, a former U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan and Iraq, will replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international mediator seeking an end to Syria's civil war, diplomats said on Wednesday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters later on Wednesday that consultations were still continuing on the appointment and he hoped to make an announcement "very soon." The move comes amid worsening violence as Islamist militants seized swathes of Syria and Iraq and after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was re-elected in a June 3 poll described by Ban as a blow to international efforts to end to the conflict.

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