5. Chemical Attacks in Ghouta (Syria, 2013)
In 2013, the Ghouta suburb near Damascus was struck by chemical weapons, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths. The Geneva Conventions—and later treaties—explicitly ban the use of such weapons, marking this attack as a grave violation. Despite global outrage and conclusive evidence, international response was mostly symbolic, with little effective intervention or accountability. This tragedy exposed the limitations of global willpower when enforcing humanitarian law.
