Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusarudzwa kwaDonald Trump, kukosha kweUnited States maererano naAssad kwakanga kwakasiyana nekukosha kwehutongi hwaObama, uye munaKurume 2017 Mumiriri weUnited States kuUnited Nations Nikki Haley akataura kuti US yakanga isisina kutarisa "kuburitsa Assad", asi chinzvimbo ichi chakachinja mushure mekurwiswa kwemakemikari kwe2017 Khan Shaykhun. Zvichitevera kurwisa kwamaroketi pachiteshi chendege cheSyria
pakuraira kwaMutungamiri Trump, mutauriri waAssad akarondedzera maitiro eUnited States se "kusaruramisira uye kuzvikudza" uye akataura kuti kurwisa kwemasiketi "hakushanduri mitemo yakadzika" yehurumende yeSyria. Mutungamiri Assad akaudzawo Agence France-Presse kuti mauto eSyria akanga asiya zvombo zvavo zvose zvemakemikari muna 2013, uye angadai asina kuzvishandisa kudai vakanga vachine zvimwe, uye akataura kuti kurwisa kwemakemikari kwaiva "100 muzana kugadzira" kunoshandiswa kururamisa kurwisa kwemhepo kweU.S. Muna June 2017, Mutungamiri weRussia Putin akati "Assad haana kushandisa [zvombo zvemakemikari]" uye kuti kurwisa kwemakemikari kwakaitwa "nevanhu vaida kumupomera mhosva iyoyo". United Nations nevanoongorora zvombo zvemakemikoro vakawana kuti kurwisa kwacho kwakanga kuri basa rehurumende yaAssad.