Only a few months later Assad crossed that line with a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians. Those enormous consequences never really materialized. And Assad's forces then used chemical weapons on the Syrian people again and again and again, including the attack on Tawfik's family and neighbors. Somehow he survived. More @Wikipedia
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