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| Fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has disrupted the Middle East’s largest drug network, exposing Syria’s role in industrial-scale Captagon production |
| 2024-12-19 |
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… with the Fourth Armored Division, led by Maher al-Assad, managing production and distribution. The New Lines Institute estimated regime earnings at $2.5 billion annually. Hezbollah, Assad’s key ally, played a major role in facilitating Captagon trafficking, especially in southern Syria. Source: WSJ Related: Captagon 12/15/2024 Reuters: Large lab for producing 'jihad drug' found in Syria Captagon 12/14/2024 Hezbollah said to have helped Assad officials flee to Lebanon, sparking furor in Beirut Captagon 12/14/2024 Syrian rebels find heaps of illicit stimulant trafficked by Assad regime |
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