Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan hare-haren 11 ga Satumba a Amurka a 2001, Gwamnatin Siriya ta fara aiki tare da Amurka a cikin Yakin ta'addanci. A daya daga cikin irin wannan lamarin, sirrin Siriya ya gargadi Amurka game da shirin al-Qaeda mai kama da na
USS "Cole" fashewa, wanda ya kasance ya tashi da jirgin sama mai ɗorewa da aka ɗora da abubuwan fashewa a cikin hedkwatar rundunar sojan ruwa ta biyar ta Amurka a Bahrain.