 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2012, Obama, uyo akange ambokumbira kusiya basa kwemutungamiri weSyria Bashar al-Assad, akati kushandiswa kwezvombo zvemakemikari nehurumende yaAssad kwaizove kuyambuka mutsetse mutsvuku uye zvaizosanganisira chiito chemauto eU.S. Mushure memishumo musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu 2013 pamusoro pekushandiswa kwezvombo zvemakemikarimuSyria, hurumende yaObama yakapa mhosva hurumende yeSyria pamusana pechiitiko ichi uye yakatsvaka mvumo yeCongress yekuita zvechiuto muSyria. Kunze kwezvo, Obama akatsvaka tsigiro kubva kuBritain neFrance nokuda kwokurwisa muSiria. Munyori weDziviriro Chuck Hagel akabvumidza zvirongwa zvekuvhiringidzwa kweTomahawk cruise missile kurwisa kuti iite kuti izvo zvikanzurwe naObama muna September. Musi wa11 Gunyana 2013, Obama akaisa kurwisa kwemauto kana kurwisa uye akawana chibvumirano neRussia nehurumende yeSyria yekuparadza zvombo zvese zvemakemikari muSyria. 