UN Syria mediator to head commission to draft new Syrian constitution: Ifax

 UN envoy Staffan de Mistura dgives a press statement in the night on Saturday at the UN - Office in Vienna on January 27, 2018. / AFP / ALEX HALADA

United Nations Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura will head a new constitutional commission that will be set up at a peace conference in Russia this week, the Interfax news agency reported Monday, citing official documents.