Across the globe and five story coming up next thank you for watching. Two thousand and eighteen be the year when the war in syria finally. Said hes confident his wisdom is no longer after russia helped him turn the tide but also the military gains what kind of political settlement is possible this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Two thousand and eighteen dawns when examining a story that has dominated headlines for the better part of the past six years syria is on many minds because of the millions either dead wounded or made refugees two thousand and seventeen was a good year for president Bashar Al Assads forces recap church major cities and large areas of rebel held territory the russian resort of sochi is due to host a new round of talks in january but after so many failed negotiations the prospect of peace remains elusive well get to our guests in a moment but first then the whole report from beirut. Syrians in search of safety there may be less violence becaus