Should the UK Enter Syria? Eight Things We Need to Question

Since 2011 a civil war has been raging in Syria, a country in the Middle East. Rebel groups are fighting against a dictatorship led by President Bashar Al-Assad. Islamist militant group Islamic State ("IS" for short. Islamic State also goes by ISIS, ISIL and Daesh. Complicated, right?! ) have taken over large areas in the country and have declared it a caliphate; a state ruled by Islamic Sharia law.