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2024-12-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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

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The 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, a stimulant fueling a $10 billion global trade.

Assad’s regime relied on Captagon to sustain power, with the Fourth Armored… pic.twitter.com/y5oUkUnqrS
— Clash Report (@clashreport) December 18, 2024

… 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

Posted by Fred 2024-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11161 views ] Top
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#1 There has to be a lot of strung out fighters if the supply was disrupted.

Posted by Wherelet Gonque5439 2024-12-19 07:07|| 2024-12-19 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Was it Syrian or Iran/Hezbollah?

I recall that although Captagon was produced in Assad's Syria, the manufacturing was the price of having Hezbollah fight on the side of the regime during the Syrian Civil War (which is when Captagon became a thing) and is mostly operated by Hezbollah and Iran.

Posted by mossomo 2024-12-19 12:27|| 2024-12-19 12:27|| Front Page Top

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