"The people and the market are things we weren't used to seeing before, especially in the markets, but after the roads reopened, people are moving freely now and things are going well," says Abu Abd El Rahman, a displaced Aleppo man living in Manbij as daily life returns to normal in Syria. However, concern is growing as the United States announced on Tuesday the extension of a truce, under Washington's auspices, between Kurdish-dominated forces, who control large areas of north-eastern Syria, and pro-Turkish groups in Manbij, a predominantly Arab area. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES