And, I disagree with your characterization of any of this madness as "laughable." It's a tragic situation and you should feel very lucky to not be living there.
Maybe you should begin with the simplest of the facts and the one that I have tried to emphasize. THERE IS NO ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE UK OR THE USA AND EITHER ISIS OR AL QAEDA. You can count on that.
ISIS and Al Qaeda - these are not good people. You should be happy that your country has not formed an alliance with them..
Russia Teams Up With Islamic State Against Syria’s Rebels
The main intention of Russia’s intervention in Syria is to prop up the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and to do that Russia is seeking to ensure that the Islamic State (I.S.) is the only alternative to Assad’s regime. If the conflict becomes binary—Assad or I.S.—nobody can support I.S., and by default it will be accepted that Assad has to stay; even if international help is not given to put down the insurgency at that point, tacit support and political legitimacy will be extended to Russia’s effort to keep its client regime alive.
In service of this mission, Moscow has consistently targeted the moderate rebels and even some non-moderate rebels, while avoiding I.S., in the conscious hope that the rebel positions it destroys will be replaced by I.S. fighters. In northern Syria in the last few days, Russia got its wish in a major way.
https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/russia-teams-up-with-islamic-state-against-syrias-rebels/