Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. After six years of terrible bloodshed, could 2017 dramatically shift the dynamic of the syria conflict . Change is in the air. Aleppo has fallen to the assad regime and a Ceasefire Deal brokered by russia and turkey is just about folding. Moscows dominant role in the diplomatic endgame is now undisputed with ankara playing a pivotal role as well. My guest is Bassma Kodmani of the Negotiating Team of the syrian opposition. Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat . Bassma kodmani in paris, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Let me start with a question that comes directly from the new year. Do you see 2017 bringing with it better prospects for an end to the conflict in syria then we have seen at any time in the previous, almost, six years . I do, carefully optimistic, but i do. I do hope and we are working towards making 2017 the end of the disaster of the tragedy
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Brokered by russia and turkey is just about folding. Moscows dominant role in the diplomatic endgame is now undisputed, with ankara playing a pivotal role as well. My guest is Bassma Kodmani of the Negotiating Team of the syrian opposition. Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat . Bassma kodmani, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Let me start with a question that comes directly from the new year. Do you see 2017 bringing with it better prospects for an end to the conflict in syria than we have seen at any time in the previous, almost, six years . I do, carefully optimistic, but i do. I do hope, and we are working towards making 2017 the end of the disaster of the tragedy and the beginning of a political transition. That is what we are hoping for and the coming weeks will tell us whether we are moving in that direction but there is certainly a Turning Point and certainly something to build o
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I had to control my anger, had to just stay calm inside and outside the ring. I chose a sport, actively, as a way of living. You talk about painkilling injections, painkilling drugs, anti inflammatories. It is widespread in football. If you rocked the boat, you were out. A flavour there of some of the areas weve been covering in the course of the week. I should say also on twitter, the hashtag is running, you canjoin in this debate. But let us introduce our panel. Liz nichol is the Chief Executive of uk sport, a former Welsh International netball player. Liz has been called the most powerful woman in british sport, as it is her organisation which decides which sports get how much money in their bid for olympic glory. Sir craig reilly is the president of the world anti doping agency, former Vice President of the International Olympic committee and former chairman of the british olympic association. He also played a key role as president of the International Badminton federation, in gett