UN Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura Announces Resignation
(WorldNews Iran)

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced this week he would be stepping down after four years in November from the position, but promised to make one major push to establish the framework for a new Syrian constitution, according to National Public Radio. De Mistura told the Security Council on Wednesday he would be leaving the position over `purely personal reasons` and said that has always been his plan to end his tenure in the final quarter of 2018. `I`ve always been indicating to the Secretary-General my plans for personal reasons which is not heath,` de Mistura said, `it`s family basically. So no speculation on that.` He said he would be leaving the role by...