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After a US-Russia brokered ceasefire, a boy carries a placard during a demonstration against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and calling for aid to reach Aleppo near Castello road in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 14.

Here’s what Syrians themselves are saying about the US-Russian ceasefire

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The deal says rebels have to separate from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham — formerly al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria — so that the US and Russia can bomb it. But for many, that’s unthinkable.

A member of the Nusra Front climbs a pole where the al-Qaeda-affiliate's flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern Syrian city of Ariha, in Idlib province, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area on May 29, 2015.

The other Islamic state: al-Qaeda is still fighting for an emirate of its own

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