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 ...
Al Jazeera English4d
What will happen to al-Assad’s Captagon empire now?
Over the past decade, the al-Assad government has been accused of being the principal purveyor of Captagon, a highly ...
Long War Journal6d
A new window into the Assad regime’s narcotrafficking operations
Worth approximately $10 billion, the illicit captagon drug trade served as a financial lifeline for the Assad regime in Syria ...
Assad's fall upends the Captagon drug empire
Inside a so-called "soap factory" on the outskirts of Damascus, rebel fighters found "millions of Captagon pills and ...
Syria’s dark secret: captagon stockpiles found linked to al-Assad’s military
Syrian rebels uncovered large captagon stockpiles linked to the fallen al-Assad regime’s military headquarters. Originally a ...
Newser on MSN5d
The Pills Spill in Syria
Syria's new rebel-led government has uncovered what experts say is proof of the former Assad regime's role in manufacturing ...
Mint6d
Syria’s dark secret: captagon stockpiles found linked to al-Assad’s military
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 ...
Yeni Şafak4d
Ousted Assad regime leaves Syria, economy in ruins
Syria's GDP plummets from $60B before civil war to $39.5B last year, while oil production suffers major blow with reserves ...