On the 4th April 2017, 72 civilians, including 20 children, were killed in a chemical attack in Northen Syria, Khan Sheikhourn. After the first strikes also the
local hospital, that was treating the victims, was bombarded.
On the 8th April, hundreds marched from Marble Arch to Downing Street in a protest to ask more action to stop the use of chimical weapons by the Syrian government.