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US Imposes Sanctions On Entities Supporting Iran And Militants

US sanctions entities supporting Iran, Hezbollah, and Houthis, and targets individuals involved in Syrian government financial evasion and Captagon traffic...

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Syria avoids regional cold shoulder despite Captagon drug trade

Billions of dollars go to the Syrian government, leaving it at the centre of the amphetamine’s trade.

Al Jazeera

At least 10 civilians dead in suspected Jordanian air raids in Syria

The attack marks the latest effort to disrupt drug trafficking into Jordan, but residents warn of civilian casualties.

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A Jordanian soldier is killed in a clash with drug smugglers along the border with Syria

Jordanian troops have clashed with dozens of drug smugglers along the country's northern border with Syria, leaving several dead including one soldier while another was wounded

The Independent UK

Europe a transport route for Gulf-bound Captagon shipments: Report

Report highlights the pivotal role played by Europe in the shipment of Captagon pills from the Middle East to the Gulf.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of Syrian trucks trapped at Jordanian border

Several hundred trucks bound for the Gulf states have been trapped at the border between Syria and Jordan since early August because of a new Saudi law affecting cargo vehicles apparently aimed at stemming the flow of the drug Captagon.

France 24

Iraqi police seize 250,000 Captagon pills at school building

Syria has pledged to fight drug smuggling in talks with Arab neighbours, but the stimulant keeps moving across region.

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A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria's Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states

Western governments have been frustrated by the red carpet treatment Arab countries have been giving Syria’s president, fearing their reconciliation with the pariah state will undermine efforts to push a solution to its long-running civil war

The Independent UK

How important is Captagon in al-Assad’s return to the Arab fold?

The billions of dollars Syria’s al-Assad is believed to be making from Captagon have given him a financial lifeline.

Al Jazeera

War on Captagon key to Syria's return to Arab League

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will attend his first Arab League summit in 12 years in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Friday. His government’s controversial return to the bloc comes as Arab states seek to curtail Syria’s thriving trade in Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine known as the “poor…

France 24

Hezbollah leader denies reports linking the Iran-backed group to Syria's drug dealer

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has denied reports that linked one of Syria’s most well-known drug dealers who was killed earlier this week to the Iran-backed group

The Independent UK

Analysis-Arabs bring Syria's Assad back into fold but want action on drugs trade

Having brought President Bashar al-Assad in from the cold, Arab states want him to rein in Syria's flourishing drugs trade in exchange for even closer ties. But as Damascus makes its own demands, the way ahead appears far from simple.

Reuters

Captagon: the drug fuelling the Gulf party scene - and Syria's finances

From bloody frontlines to buzzing construction sites and even high-end parties, the amphetamine commonly known as captagon - has entrenched itself in the Middle East.

Reuters

What is Captagon, the addictive drug mass-produced in Syria?

The drug, often smuggled to Gulf states, has been a key topic in discussions over Syria’s re-entry to the Arab League.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Authorities Foil Attempt to Smuggle 4 Million Captagon Pills Through Land Port

Saudi security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than four million Captagon tablets through Al-Batha land crossing. In a statement on Friday, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority said up to 4,152,000 tablets were found hidden in a consignment shipped into the Kingdom via Al-Batha. The report said…

Radio France Internationale

EU sanctions Syria's ruling Assad family over amphetamine trafficking

The European Union has imposed sanctions on several Syrians – including members of President Bashar al-Assad’s family – accusing them of producing and trafficking the stimulant drug captagon, a key source of income for the Damascus regime.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Condemns EU Sanctions over Captagon Business

Syria on Tuesday condemned the European Union’s new sanctions on Damascus over making and trafficking an amphetamine saying the move was based on lies. The Syrian Foreign Ministry statement came a day after the EU imposed sanctions on several Syrians, including members of President Bashar Assad’s family, blaming them for…

Al Jazeera

EU slaps sanctions on relatives of Syria’s al-Assad over drugs

European Council says production and trafficking of amphetamine has become ‘a regime-led business model’ in Syria.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Warns Assad: No Impunity for Users of Chemical Weapons

The United States slammed on Friday the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that it will hold him to account for the chemical attacks it had launched during the conflict that erupted in 2011. “In January, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found the Assad regime responsible…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Southern Syria: Sanctions Alone Cannot Eliminate Captagon Industry

Local leaders in southern Syria underestimated the impact of the sanctions imposed by the United States and Britain on Syrian figures involved in cooperating with the Syrian regime in the Captagon trade. They stressed that combating this phenomenon required a military force and the launching of development projects that would…

Al Jazeera

US announces sanctions against Assad cousins over drug trade

US Treasury officials say that the Assad government has used drug trafficking as a source of illicit revenue.

Reuters

U.S. sanctions Syrian leader Assad's cousins, others over drug trade -Treasury

The United States on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against six people including two cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for their role in the production or export of Captagon, a dangerous amphetamine, a Treasury Department statement said.

The Guardian - UK

Bashar al-Assad seizes his chance for a comeback after Syrian earthquake

Arab neighbours who snubbed president for waging a war against his own people are courting him. What is behind the new attitude?

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Congress Approves Bill against 'Assad's Captagon Trade'

The US Congress approved a draft resolution that lays down a US strategy to stop drug production and trafficking and dismantle networks linked to the Syrian regime and President Bashar al-Assad. Lawmakers introduced the bill into the 2023 Department of Defense budget, passed by the Senate last Thursday, with the…

Bangkok Post

Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.

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