There is actually more news than you might gather from what the major news outlets are reporting. Here are some of the major stories.
Syria
DAESH is being rooted out of its last footholds in Syria. The Syrian government with the continuing assistance of its Russian and Iranian allies is preparing to oust anti-government rebels including Al Qaeda and DAESH from their last strongholds in western Syria and the Kurds would probably have removed DAESH from eastern Syria if they hadn’t had to devote so much energy to fighting off the Turks. The Turks are not our friends.
Caravan
The first people from the “caravan” from Central America have made it as far as the U. S. border. Most of them still aren’t refugees by the standards of U. S. law but mostly economic migrants.
Chicago homicides
For 2018 Chicago’s homicide rate is unlikely to reach the terrible figures of 2016 or 2017 but is still higher than prior to 2016. We won’t really know the rate per 100K population until we have a better handle on the population which won’t happen until the decennial census. I suspect we’ll learn that Chicago’s population has declined a lot faster than had been thought.
Meanwhile, in Europe.
Macron has record low approval ratings. Merkel is a lame duck as her party is in process to elect a new party leader. May is battling for survival as the UK and parliament are divided on which Brexit (if any) to go for. The Italians are in full populist revolt.
It’s not a good state to be in if there is a crisis or a recession starts if Brexit becomes disorderly.
When the Italians are leaving, it is probably time to reconsider your position.
As to Syria, as I’ve said before, if you want to stop the bleeding, you must cauterize the wound. Wars end when one side wins. In this case, Assad is your best bet for long term peace. America has no compelling interest there, except to oppose the Russians. Time for us to book out.