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Of our colleagues. We know it has not been the right way to return, so we are not in a position to say ok, now you come back. This is a process. We are happy because it is true some changes are taking place. Weve reached another stage. Little by little, things are changing and we support our team mates, as we have all this time. The pick of Wednesdays Champions League fixtures sees a stuttering Manchester United travel to germany to take on bayern munich, with the english team taking on the engl...

The regime side, theyre uncertain what will happen to their safety, cyril. >> ian, give us context about this area. why is eastern ghouta so important to the regime? >> eastern ghouta is east of damascus, about six miles. its one of the last major held rebel areas on the outskirts of damascus. and really two of the last major rebel-held areas. and when you are just following this war, youve seen the syrian army do this. just go to one part where the rebels hold territory. bomb it. take it. and t...

Syrian fighter bomber. >> so given that its an fa-18 -- im sorry, i didnt mean to interrupt you there. apologies. given that its an fa-18, what does that tell that you it was a navy jet or a marine corps jet, another different branch thats fly the horn sunset. >> well, the navy and marines fly the fa-18. i fwlef was a navy aircraft operating off the carrier. we have a carrier in the mediterranean right now. makes perfect sense. but the combat air patrols up there almost 24/7. whats important her...

However, the kremlin is inviting in coming president donald trump to join in as soon as he takes office. ian lee is monitoring the ceasefire from istanbul, turkey. he joins me live. certainly so much on the line here with this one, ian. how is it going so far and how long has the ceasefire been under way? >> reporter: well, natalie, it started at midnight local time here. weve talked to people on the ground and theyve told us so far it has remained quiet. this is a staged process though, and the...

Other militia like al nusra coming to assist the rebel, and now isis, and now on the regime side, once the iranians, and now the russian, and each time it looks like one side might be tired enough to come to the table with the peace deal, someone new comes into the conflict to prop them up, and that is problem here, and as you get more and more different actors coming into the region here, it is so much harder to find the common ground to slow it down here, jim. >> no question, the death toll in...

>> a couple things just how m y many -- jumped -- out. one was iran was trying to get into russias ear to do what they are doing now and it was put on hold up till after the dole -- deal was done. >> you have the deal done and russia is in syria. >> you have the reports of them talking about russia going into syria and the pro-regime forces launching a ground operation with the cover of russian jets. it is not just they are firing on whatever they are firing on on ground. some of the western-bac...

People to achieve what he described as his crazy aims. that being said, it was a momentous occasion in the montreaux palace hotel. representatives of the two warring sides in syria face to face in the same room together for the first time in three years of fighting. theyve been forced here by the international community, and i think that proximity is as best as this conference is going to get. the other problem with these talks, of course, is the people who arent here. most of the armed groups a...

Food and provision are on the rebel side, but their homes and families are on the regime side. desperate, they make a dash for supplies. but not everyone makes it through. it is a scene reminiscent of another conflict, bosnia. but at that time, the u.n. operated humanitarian corridors to ensure a steady amount of food and medical aid despite the fighting. dr. nott was there. >> its wonderful to see the lories coming in, white lories with unhcr coming in, which you knew were full of food and medi...

Get involved in syria. remission if i didnt switch >> john, i want to ask you, are subjects on you. there any good players, any good i know you have done a lot of scenarios that come out if we work in the middle east. i want to ask you about the attack them. handling of syria by this president and where the congress >> well, the at administration seems to be going. your thoughts on what has unfolded? >> well, you know, it feels like is saying they wont be involved -- but thats not true. a shakes...

Know, mubaraks loyalists attacking the anti-regime protesters on satellite channels, and we werent reporting this, and there was a point where i felt i have to take sides. im either on the peoples side or on the regime side, and i couldnt be on the side of the regime that commits such atrocities and massacres its own people, and thats how i took this. >> shahira amin, that was a brave decision you took. thank you for joining us and giving us your story. our own hala gorani, just returned from eg...