Assad, Syria and Captagon

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
Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the highly addictive drug Captagon.
The Assad regime has fallen. Why are foreign powers still targeting Syria?
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his years-long regime have fallen, but the country remains a battleground for an array of actors seeking to secure interests in what may emerge to be a dangerous power vacuum.
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,
How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade
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 trade after Assad's rule collapsed.
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Netanyahu tells Israeli troops to stay in area of Syria’s Mount Hermon until end of 2025, source says
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Syria Still Has Chemical Weapons
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Syria not a threat to world, rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa tells BBC
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100K Return to Syria After Assad's Fall, UN Migration Head Reports
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White House Pushes to Find American Journalist Abducted in Syria
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Russia's Syria exit could help Ukraine-Israel relationship as analyst warns it 'offers little' to Jerusalem
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