Staffan de Mistura was named to become the new UN envoy to Syria, according to Agence France Presse Wednesday.
The Italian-Swedish diplomat will replace the former envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi who resigned from his post at the end of May following failed peace talks between the regime and opposition and President Bashar Assad's announcement to run for re-election.
The UN Security Council has already confirmed de Mistura's nomination, but the decision has not yet been officially announced by the UN, according to the AFP report.
De Mistura has previously served in envoy posts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
