Captagon Manufacturing Sites Found

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What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in stimulant drug Captagon

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Captagon is an amphetamine-like stimulant that feeds a $10 billion annual global trade in the highly addictive drug.

Syria 's nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the drug.

Militias, warlords and the Assad government transformed production of Captagon from a small-scale operation run by criminal groups into a billion-dollar industrial revenue stream.

Experts say change in Syria might create an opportunity to dismantle the Captagon industry.

Assad has turned Syria into "the largest Captagon factory in the world," HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa said.

Syria was readmitted to the Arab League in May 2023 after years of political isolation.

Syria pledged to clamp down on smuggling, leading to the formation of a regional security coordination committee.

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