Kammala wannan jumla: Ko da yake Siriya tana da kyakkyawar dangantaka da Tarayyar Soviet, Assad ya fara juyawa zuwa Yammacin Turai a ƙarshen shekarun 1980, bayan ya ga yadda Iraki ta amfana a lokacin yakin da ta yi da Iran. Ya yarda ya shiga kungiyar hadin gwiwar da Amurka ke jagoranta a kan Iraki a yakin Gulf a shekarar 1991. Ya ci gaba da kallon Isra'ila a matsayin babban abokin gaba na yankin. A ƙarshen taron zaman lafiya na Gabas ta Tsakiya na 1991, Assad ya nace kan yarjejeniyar "ƙasa don zaman lafiya", yana buƙatar janyewar Isra'ila daga Golan Heights. Assad ya yi la'akari da yarjejeniyar da Isra'ila ta yi da PLO a watan Satumbar 1993 wanda ya kawo karshen "
"intifada ta farko" (tsayayya) a cikin Yankunan da aka mallaka ba tare da ba wa Palasdinawa wata babbar nasara ba) da kuma kyakkyawar dangantakar abokantaka tsakanin Isra'ila da Jordan a matsayin koma baya.