1)
OK, so I think I see what is really going on in the Middle East at the moment and how things tie together

First let's roll back the clock and look at what Trump's international challenges were when he came to office

1. ISIS (Syria)
2. North Korea
3. Iran 2)
On ISIS, Trump took the gloves off the US forces and within a year they were wiped out
Pockets may remain and no doubt we'll be seeing echoes of them for a long while, but as a vast caliphate in the Levant, it's over

End state in Syria left to resolve, we'll get back to that