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

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

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mistura-named-u-n-syria-mediator-diplomats-152816941.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rTbSXOiDpHbq4OpMHR.gdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-09T215325Z_3_LYNXMPEA680QN_RTROPTP_2_AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.N. special representative in Afghanistan De Mistura holds a report during a news conference in Kabul" align="left" title="U.N. special representative in Afghanistan De Mistura holds a report during a news conference in Kabul" border="0" /></a>By 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 &quot;very soon.&quot; 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.</p><br clear="all"/>

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