Assad’s fall reveals Captagon drug trade in Syria: Everything you need to know
The Captagon trade began industrialising around 2018-2019 as the Assad regime — and other armed groups in Syria -- invested ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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The Pills Spill in Syria
For more than a decade, fenethylline, a synthetic stimulant known by the brand name Captagon, has been produced in Syrian ...
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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 ...
Syria's Bashar al-Assad earned billions from THIS tiny white pill, also linked to his regime fall, it is...
Often called 'chemical courage,' it is used in conflict zones to boost soldiers’ stamina and concentration and is also ...