"Whatever happens on the diplomatic front and in the peace negotiations, is not our business. But what is our business is to ensure that humanitarian assistance keeps on being allowed… Regardless of the success or failure of the peace negotiations, at least the rules of war need to be respected, and we hope that this will continue," Hofman said.
Apart from the access for humanitarian aid, the MSF is concerned over the possibility to evacuate wounded and seriously ill people who need medical treatment.
"Wounded people and those who are sick with serious diseases are trapped in the areas in Syria. They need to be able to go somewhere else to find the treatment. These are the normal rules of war… I hope for the people in Aleppo, eastern and western, it [end of US-Russian cooperation] does not mean that the access to medical care will be denied," he added.
Following the US announcement, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said the United Nations would continue pushing for a political solution to Syria's civil war.
On September 9, Russia and the United States reached an agreement for a peace process in Syria, engulfed in a raging war between government forces, opposition and terrorist groups like Daesh and the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front), both outlawed in Russia and many other countries. One of the key provisions of the deal was to jointly differentiate between the opposition forces and terrorists.
A ceasefire between all the warring parties entered into force on September 12, and while it was supposed to last at least seven days for the next steps to be taken toward the Syrian settlement, it disintegrated soon, and both the government forces and the so-called moderate opposition claimed the other side had violated the truce.
