Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Apo Iraq yakapinda muKuwait muna 1990, Syria yakabatana nehurumende yaitungamirirwa neUS kurwisa Iraq. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kukuvandudzwa kwoukama neU.S. nedzimwe nyika dzeArab. Syria yakapinda mumusangano weSouthwest Asia Peace Conference
muMadrid muna Gumiguru 1991, uye mukati memakore ekuma1990 akabatanidzwa munhaurirano dzakananga neIsrael. Nhaurirano idzi dzakakundikana pamusoro penyaya yeGolan Heights uye hapanazve hurukuro dzakananga dzeSyria-Israel kubva pakusangana kwaMutungamiri Hafez al-Assad neMutungamiri Bill Clinton muGeneva munaKurume 2000.