I think its the British Empire, in its post-colonial 21st century woke-globalist form, attempting to assert control by creating chaos and doing divide-and-rule.
“It’s official: the whole ‘proscribed terrorist’ routine is nothing but a bad political pantomime. It’s completely insane. So as far as the British state are concerned, Al-Qaeda & ISIS are now paragon of democracy and ‘Arab reform’”
It’s just how Perfidious Albion wants it.