 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1978 Atrash akabata kudya kwemanheru kwakanangana nokuporesa kupesana pakati pehurumende dzeBaath dzaitonga muSyria neIraq yakavakidzana nayo. Kudya kwemanheru kwacho kwakapindwa nevanhu vakakurumbira vakadai saGurukota rezvekunze reIraq Tariq Aziz uye gurukota rezvekudzivirirwa kweSyria Mustafa Tlass. Pakati pa2000 na2006 Atrash aiva nhengo yesangano raitsigira kumukira kwePalestinekurwisa Israeri. Pakati pa2001 na2006 akatungamira Syrian Arab Committee, yaive nechinangwa chekumisa zvirango kurwisa Iraq uye ndokuzotsigira mushure mekupinda muna 2003. 