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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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 ...
What is Captagon, the synthetic stimulant that earned billions for the Assad regime in Syria?
Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit ...
Drug captagon: What it is, how it links to Syria's fallen Assad regime
The drug has the active ingredient fenethylline and was initially marketed for conditions including ADHD and the sleeping ...
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 ...
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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 ...