Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade

New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime
A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most popular street drugs in the Middle East and beyond.
What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, industrial-scale manufacturing facilities of Captagon have been uncovered around the country, which experts say helped flourish a $10 billion annual global trade in the highly addictive drug.
How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade
Analysts estimate Bashar al-Assad's regime raked in $5 billion per year from the Captagon drug trade, dwarfing Syria's official budget and making it a lifeline for the bankrupted country. Imtiaz Tyab has new details about what was discovered about the ...
Did the synthetic stimulant Captagon help lead to Assad regime’s downfall in Syria?
Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit Observatory of Political and Economic Networks.
Inside Assad’s Captagon drug-smuggling empire and how it funded brutal Syrian regime
In the city of Douma, 10 kilometres northeast of Syria’s capital of Damascus, warehouses storing thousands of captagon pills have been unearthed by the rebels scouring areas once controlled by the Assad regime and its allies. The warehouse, according to experts, may be one of the biggest captagon labs ever seen.
New Captagon factory linked to Maher al-Assad revealed in Syria’s capital
Footage published by Turkish media reveals a villa-turned-drug production facility believed to be owned by the ousted former president’s brother.
What is the drug captagon and how is it linked to Syria's fallen Assad regime?
After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered.
What Is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant That Made al-Assad’s Syria a Narcostate?
The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war.
Stockpiles of Illicit Captagon Drug Discovered Near Damascus in Wake of Assad's Ousting
Stockpiles of the amphetamine-like drug fenethylline, known by its brand name Captagon, were recently discovered by opposition forces in Syria in the wake of former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power,
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Video points to Assad regime’s involvement in large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs
If confirmed, the discovery would support claims by the United States and others that the Assad regime had been involved in actively exporting the drug. Captagon has become a significant social ...
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S.E. Cupp: With Assad out, what we must do help save Syria
There are two immediate concerns: Assad’s chemical weapons and the state’s Captagon production. Assad used chemical weapons, including sarin and chlorine barrel bombs, against his own people ...
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Assad family’s ‘secret escape tunnels found under lavish palace in raid by Syrian rebels’ after tyrant’s regime toppled
It was captioned: "Massive tunnel complex beneath Maher Assad's mansion, wide enough for trucks carrying Captagon and gold to drive through." In one of the massive rooms the floor was littered ...
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Syrians celebrate Bashar Assad's fall, Russian reports say Assad has been granted asylum in Moscow
He added that Assad made Syria a base for the illegal amphetamine Captagon that brought cash to Assad's circles. Al-Sharaa, the leader of the jihadi Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, said Sunday ...