In addition, the letter states how the rebel groups are concerned over the current lack of presence of enforcement mechanisms as well as insufficient provision for affected areas.
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Nationalist rebel groups, including factions backed by Assad’s foreign enemies, wrote to Washington on Sunday to express deep concerns.
In a statement on YouTube Ali al-Omar said that the deal would only serve to “reinforce” the Assad government and “increase the suffering” of civilians.
The YPG, which controls swathes of northern Syria, also said in a statement the political transition needed to include all parties, including a Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria. A southern road through the region of Ramusa will open “over time”.
The deal, which was brokered by the U.S. and Russian Federation, officially came into effect at sunset on Monday, though doubts remain over whether opposition fighters in Syria will abide by it. The regime and its allies have backed the truce but with only a few hours to go on Monday the opposition had not yet signed on.
“We also have reservations about targeting (Islamist rebel group and one-time al Qaeda affiliate) Jabhat Fateh al-Sham because we think that targeting them will be in the favor of the regime”. He said it was unclear how the deal defined the “terrorist” groups that will be targeted, and what the response would be to truce violations.
But so far President Bashar al-Assad’s government has said it will comply, as have the Hezbollah militant group that fights alongside his forces, and his ally Iran.
Hours before the truce took effect, an emboldened Assad vowed to take back all of Syria.
Russian Federation is a major backer of Assad, while the United States supports some of the rebel groups fighting to topple him, as does Turkey, which has stated its support for the agreement.
Erdogan said he told the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and the USA that training and equipping troops on the ground to battle back Islamic State group forces is “not enough” and that a no-fly zone should be the next step.
When the sun sets Monday over Syria, the country’s war-weary residents will be praying that fighting will stop for a full 48 hours, in line with a hard-fought ceasefire brokered Friday by the USA and Russian Federation.
The SDF and YPG have played a leading role in a USA -led campaign against Islamic State in Syria.
US and Russian officials announced the cease-fire early Saturday, saying they hoped it would facilitate humanitarian access to civilians.
Mr Kerry stressed that he and Mr Lavrov had worked very hard to ensure they were not repeating the mistakes of previous truces, which have collapsed within days or weeks with both sides accusing each other of repeated violations.
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni told reporters after talks with his Cypriot counterpart that a cessation of hostilities must happen before talks can begin. -Russian coordination centre was being set up to determine Russian and US -led coalition targets.
The deal, announced last week by the USA and Russian foreign ministers, calls for a halt to fighting between the US -backed opposition and Russian-supported Syrian government.
The Islamic State group and the Fateh al-Sham Front are excluded from the ceasefire agreement.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the USA and Russia, which back opposing sides in the civil war, have an obligation to do their best in making sure the various parties comply.
But Syria’s opposition is deeply skeptical that government force will abide by the agreement and on Monday demanded guarantees before endorsing the deal.
Bogdanov told the state-owned RIA Novosti news agency that he expects talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups to resume in early October, adding that Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations envoy to Syria, would name the date.
Like most of the previous cease-fire efforts, this one starts with a small, 48-hour timeline.
He made his remarks during a symbolic visit to the former rebel stronghold of Daraya, a now-devastated Damascus suburb.
He says: “We call on all Syrians to turn toward reconciliation”.
In a message marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Ahrar al-Sham’s deputy leader Ali al-Omar said Syria’s “people can not accept half-solutions”. Staffan de Mistura said in a text message to The Associated Press on Monday that no statement from his office about the truce was expected before the following afternoon.
The latest assault followed the deaths of 93 people in airstrikes in Aleppo and Idlib over the weekend – 61 of them in an attack on a popular market where residents were shopping ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
In the aftermath, rebels and opposition activists were asking on Sunday whether the government side could be trusted.
The Local Coordination Committees monitoring group reported airstrikes on the Aleppo neighborhoods and suburbs of Rashiddine, Salihine, and Jazmata.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, shared that assessment.
“The people can not accept half-solutions”, al-Omar said in the video to mark the start of Eid al-Adha on Monday, when the truce is due to come into force.
Erdogan said Turkey’s Red Crescent, along with the country’s disaster and emergency management agency, will try to deliver aid to the northern Syrian towns of al-Rai and Jarablus.
Turkey launched an offensive into Syria last month against IS and the YPG, which Ankara regards as the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that has waged a 32-year insurrection inside Turkey.
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If the accords hold for seven days, Russian Federation and the USA will begin to discuss military options for targeting one-time al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham, previously known as the al Nusra Front, and ISIS.
