>> reporter: isis isn't included in the deal. in areas it controls, the fighting goes on. the political passion which stoked this conflict for so many years is still strong. people again protested against president assad just as they have been doing since 2011. a peace plan involving russia, turkey and iran will most likely allow assad to stay in power, at least in the short term. it's something his opponents are unlikely to accept. >> i would be personally rather skeptical if assad will survive the way through into the period when there's a united syrian government. >> reporter: the first test is to see if the new cease-fire holds. if it does, there is set to be further talks involving all key players in kazakhstan. russia is asking the u.n. security council to adopt the resolution to formally recognize the cease-fire. that could happen on saturday. >> kitty logan, thank you so much.