Its chemical name is fenethylline, but is is generally known by the brand name under which it was first marketed. The drug ...

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 ...

Over the past decade, the al-Assad government has been accused of being the principal purveyor of Captagon, a highly ...

Worth approximately $10 billion, the illicit captagon drug trade served as a financial lifeline for the Assad regime in Syria ...

Syria's new rebel-led government has uncovered what experts say is proof of the former Assad regime's role in manufacturing ...

Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit ...

The drug has the active ingredient fenethylline and was initially marketed for conditions including ADHD and the sleeping ...

Syria's GDP plummets from $60B before civil war to $39.5B last year, while oil production suffers major blow with reserves ...

Syrian rebels last week confirmed they had uncovered a warehouse on the outskirts of Damascus stockpiled with an illegal amphetamine known as captagon.

The drug has the active ingredient fenethylline and was initially marketed for conditions including ADHD and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy. It had a similar use to some of the legally available ...