France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes over chemical attacks in 2013. In one of the conflict's many horrors, sarin gas attacks saw more than 1,400 people suffocate to death near Damascus in August 2013. The organisations that filed a legal complaint praised the move, saying it was the first time a sitting head of state had become the subject of an arrest warrant in another country for war crimes and crimes against humanity. But what does this really mean for Assad? Kadambini Sharma explains.
