Syrians cross with their belongings from the rebel controlled side of the Bustan al-Qasr checkpoint in the district of Aleppo on February 3, 2014, to the government controlled side. Al-Qaeda has disavowed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), whose members have been locked in deadly clashes with Syrian rebels, according to a statement posted on jihadist websites. AFP PHOTO/AMC/BARAA AL-HALABI