Meanwhile, feuding has continued between secular and jihadist factions in the Syrian rebel movement, with human rights groups reporting more than 700 people to have been killed in the past week alone. The brutality of al-Qaeda groups in the jihadist factions has led to a major falling out with the secularists, who accuse them of being more interested in imposing Taliban-style rule on rebel-held turf than making further military gains against President Assad.