Fighting is reportedly raging on in Aleppo, hours after the US and Russia agreed a breakthrough deal in Geneva to put Syria’s peace process back on track.<br /><br /> The army attacked rebel-held areas, pushing to maximise recent gains before a new nationwide ceasefire comes into effect on Monday.<br /><br /> Insurgents are reportedly planning a counter-offensive.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Fighting rages in Aleppo hours after Syrian peace deal https://t.co/450RRmm09v pic.twitter.com/Eu6JuwSUqr— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 10, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The details<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The army and pro-government militias pushed from the city’s Ramousah area towards rebel pockets in the Amriyah district, according to reports from both sides.<br /><br /> Recent government gains in Ramousah have re-opened the main route into the government-held west and let forces backing President Bashar al-Assad encircle the city’s rebel-held east.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> What does the Syrian opposition think of the new deal?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Syria’s mainstream political opposition said on Saturday it has not so far received a copy of the US-Russian peace deal.<br /><br /> It said there will only be a response after consulting members, some of whom have expressed scepticism about the success of the deal.<br /><br /> A spokeswoman from the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee earlier welcomed any deal that spared the lives of civilians.<br /><br /> However, doubt was cast on Moscow’s ability to pressurise Damascus to stop indiscriminate bombing.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Viewed with scepticism<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Syria’s moderate Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels say they see little chance of the new US-Russia peace deal succeeding.<br /><br /> Fares al-Bayoush, head of the FSA’s Northern Division, says Russia and Damascus had not observed the last agreement.<br /><br /> The chances of the new deal succeeding are the same as for the last one, he added.<br /><br /> Captain Abdul Salam Abdul Razak, military spokesman for the rebel Nour al-Din al Zinki Brigades, says the deal will serve to give the Syrian Army a chance to gather forces and pour more Iranian-backed militias into the main battles raging in Aleppo.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The breakthrough deal<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The US and Russia, who are backing opposing sides in the war, announced a deal in the early hours of Saturday.<br /><br /> It included a nationwide ceasefire effective from sundown on Monday, improved aid access and joint targeting of banned militant Islamist groups.<br /><br /> Washington has said indiscriminate bombing of civilians by the Syrian army would have to end under an enforceable deal.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The response from Turkey<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Ankara has welcomed the US-Russia deal and is preparing to provide humanitarian aid to the northern city of Aleppo, in conjunction with the UN.<br /><br /> In a statement, the country’s foreign ministry said a cessation of fighting and the provision of aid around Aleppo are particularly key.<br /><br /> The statement said Turkey would support efforts to ensure the truce holds and to turn the deal into a longer-term political solution.<br /><br /> Turkey launched its first major military incursion into Syria
