Demise of Assad’s narco-state reveals vast scope of regime's drug production
Assad's fall has helped expose just how much Captagon – a stimulant widely used in the Gulf States – was being manufactured ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rebels uncover warehouse of Captagon, the drug that propped up Assad’s regime for a decade
Syrian rebels last week confirmed they had uncovered a warehouse on the outskirts of Damascus stockpiled with an illegal amphetamine known as captagon.