AMNESTY International accused rebel factions in Aleppo yesterday of “a shameful disregard for human life” in its recent targeting of the Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud district.

And the human rights group said that jihadist forces may well have used chemical weapons earlier this year.

Two of the rebel groups — Ahrar al-Sham and Army of Islam — are represented at the shaky UN-mediated peace talks in Geneva, while others have others’ delegates representing them.