War planes have bombed six towns in Syria's northern Aleppo province, a monitoring group and insurgents have confirmed.
The airstrikes come a day after a cessation of hostilities came into effect.
Syrian insurgents claim the strikes were carried out by Russian war planes.
However, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the identity of the jets was not yet known, adding that it is also not clear whether the strike violates the truce.
It is thought that some of the towns are controlled by terrorist groups including so-called Islamic State and al Nusra Front, which are not covered by the truce.
Russia, which has been propping up the Syrian government with airstrikes, had said it would continue its bombing campaign against terrorist organisations throughout the cessation in hostilities.
Moscow did, however, pledge to halt strikes for the day on Saturday to ensure no wrong targets were hit by mistake.
Sunday's strikes come amid reports that the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad has come under attack from Turkish territory.
Russia contacted the US co-ordination centre in Amman, which is monitoring the break in fighting, after the attack was recorded by the Russian co-ordination centre in Syria, the Interfax news agency reported.
IS militants stormed the Kurdish-controlled town on Saturday sparking clashes that killed at least 70 IS members, 20 Kurdish militiamen and two civilians, the Observatory said.
US-led coalition warplanes launched at least 10 air strikes to repel the assault, it reported.
The cessation of hostilities, brokered by the US and Russia, began at midnight local time on Saturday, (2200 GMT on Friday).
It had been described as Syria's best hope for peace in the five-year civil war that has claimed 270,000 lives and displaced more than half the population.
The temporary truce largely held throughout Saturday despite alleged violations on both sides of the conflict, including reports in Syrian state TV of shelling in the capital Damascus.
As Saturday drew to a close, an international task force set up to monitor the fighting tentatively welcomed a successful first day.
"The United Nations, the United States and Russia have made a positive assessment of the first hours of the cessation of hostilities," a Western diplomat said after a meeting of the International Syria Support Group in Geneva.
"Some incidents" in apparent violation of the truce had been "defused", he added.
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