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after six years of terrible bloodshed, will 2017 see a dramatic shift in 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. moscow s 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. it s 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 and the beginning of ....
welcome to hardtalk, i m 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. moscow s 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. it s 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 ....
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. moscow s 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. it s 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 ....
in the recent election. the metro pays tribute to the sex assault campaigner and rape survivorjill sawa rd, who s died at the age of 51. the paper calls her the bravest of the brave. the mail also pays tribute to jill saward, but leads on a story that civil servants working on brexit, have asked for a pay rise due to unsustainable pressure. the i investigates new homes being built on flood plains, saying it s found that 1,200 properties have been built in what it calls danger areas. the telegraph s top story is the admission by the bank of england s chief economist that it s warnings of an economic downturn in the wake of the brexit vote were wrong. the times also leads on optimism regarding the british economy, and news that theresa may will visit donald trump next month, after her two most trusted aides began what it calls a secret mission to build bridges. and the express leads on the six day run of highs of the ftse 100. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welc ....
it s after they rejected his dismissal of their findings, that russia interfered in the recent election. the metro pays tribute to the sex assault campaigner and rape survivorjill sawa rd, who s died at the age of 51. the paper calls her the bravest of the brave . the mail also pays tribute to her, but leads on a story that civil servants working on brexit have asked for a pay rise due to unsustainable pressure. the i investigates new homes being built on flood plains, saying it s found that 1,200 properties have been built in what it calls danger areas . the telegraph s top story is the admission by the bank of england s chief economist that it s warnings of an economic downturn in the wake of the brexit vote, were wrong. the times also leads on optimism over the british economy, and news that theresa may will visit donald trump next month. it seems her two most trusted aides have been on a secret mission to build bridges. and the express leads on the six day run o ....