 President Jacob Zuma vakorokotedza Bashar al-Assad nekukunda sarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika yeSyria muna 2014. Akaratidza tariro yokuti vanhu nehurumende yeSyria vachakunda dambudziko riri kukanganisa nyika yavo, achisimbisa kuti South Africa yakagadzirira kubatsira panyaya iyi. 