Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 18 ga Janairu, 2017, Gabbard ya tafi "tafiyar neman gaskiya" na mako guda zuwa Siriya da Lebanon, wanda Gabbard ya sadu da shugabannin siyasa da na addini daban-daban daga Siriya da Lebanon <unk> da kuma talakawa na yau da kullun daga bangarorin biyu na yakin <unk> kuma ya sami tarurruka biyu da ba a shirya ba tare da shugaban Syria Bashar al-Assad. A watan Afrilun 2017, Gabbard ya nuna shakku game da iƙirarin cewa Assad ya yi amfani da makamai masu guba a kan fararen hula a Khan Shaykhun, kuma wanda aka biyo baya da wani
harin soji kan Syria da Amurka ta kai. Gabbard ta ce, "cin nasarar gurfanar da Assad (a Kotun Laifuka ta Duniya) zai buƙaci tattara shaidu daga wurin da abin ya faru", kuma ta "goyi bayan kokarin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a wannan batun". A cikin wata hira da aka yi da "The Nation" a shekarar 2018, Gabbard ta ce Amurka "ta yi yakin neman sauya tsarin mulki a Siriya tun 2011". Gabbard ya kira Assad "... wani mai mulkin kama karya. Kamar dai Saddam Hussein".