 So in August 2013, and this is one of the reasons that there is an arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad today in France, is that an estimated 1,400 people were killed in a sarin gas attack in eastern Ghouta in Syria. This was after President Obama had issued a red line saying that chemical weapons usage would be essentially a reason for him to rethink his strategy on Syria. In other words, perhaps an offensive strategy against Syria's regime.