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Since the 2018 recapture of southern Syria by forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, drug trafficking has soared along the border with Jordan.

The $5 billion Captagon drug trade is directly funding the illicit activities of the Assad regime in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon. 

LONDON: The large-scale export of Captagon from Syria and Lebanon is the legacy of a decade of conflict combined with widespread corruption, and reliance on the drug revenues is turning both countries into narco-states, according to a new report by Britain’s Channel 4 News. In Lebanon, militias and gangs operating in Hezbollah-controlled areas such as the Bekaa Valley are