UN Envoy For Syria Stepping Down As Prospects For Peace Deal Wither
(WorldNews Iran)

The United Nations envoy for Syria is stepping down after gains this year by Syrian, Russian, and Iranian forces in reasserting control over much of the country, eclipsing prospects for an international peace deal ending Syria`s seven-year civil war. Staffan de Mistura said on October 17 that he is resigning his post after four years in November for "purely personal reasons," and claimed that despite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad`s advances in the war, he will only secure a lasting peace...