The residents of Aleppo interviewed by RT said that while the ceasefire is in fact needed due to a precarious humanitarian situation in the region, it is unlikely to succeed.
The main reason behind their skepticism is the fact that a significant number of opposition fighters deployed in the area belong to Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the al-Nusra Front, which is a Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.
The leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has already decried the ceasefire as a trick and called on his followers to continue fighting.
It should be noted that both the al-Nusra Front and Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) are considered exempt from the ceasefire deal and thus can be freely engaged by all parties involved in the Syrian conflict.
Bashar Ja’afari, head of the Syrian Permanent Mission to UN, has already said that Syrian forces have the right to retaliate against any violations of the ceasefire.
Earlier it was reported that militant groups allied with the al-Nusra Front carried out attacks against residential districts and military personnel in Homs and Aleppo.
"The militants opened mortar fire in the Sheikh, Ashrafiyeh and Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo. The shelling was conducted from the Bin Ziyad area, which is where groups that do not agree with the truce are located. Shelling from their side started right after midnight," the source said, adding that in Homs "militants opened fire on [Syrian] army positions."
The militants responsible for the attack in Aleppo belong to Liwa al-Sultan Murad group which is allied with al-Nusra Front and thus refused to abide by the ceasefire agreement.
