AMMAN: Radical cleric Abu Qatada, who is on trial in Jordan for terrorism, called on extremist groups in Syria Thursday to end their infighting and unite ranks.

“The fighting between Islamic factions should end,” he told reporters during his trial in Amman.

“Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), should dissolve his group and work under the Nusra Front,” he said, referring to orders given by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. “The two groups should reconcile and focus on fighting those who fight them.”

He also called for an “end to kidnappings... You should not kidnap or kill anyone who does not carry weapons to fight you.”

A new front in Syria’s nearly three-year-old civil war opened in early January, when powerful rebel groups combined to attack ISIL bases.

The jihadis were initially welcomed by other rebels, but allegations of brutal abuses against civilians as well as rival opposition fighters sparked a backlash.

In some cases, Al-Nusra, the officially recognized Al-Qaeda franchise in Syria, participated in fighting against ISIL, but its leader recently called for reconciliation.