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The State Department report said the estimated net worth of President Bashar al-Assad and his family was between $1-2 billion.

"It is not like the Syrian government are looking the other way while drug cartels do their thing. They are the drug cartel.”

Built on the ashes of 10 years of war in Syria, an illegal drug industry run by powerful associates and relatives of President Bashar Assad has grown into a multibillion-dollar operation, eclipsing Syria’s legal exports and turning the country into the world’s newest narcostate.

On Syria’s ruins, a drug empire flourishes

Associates of Bashar al-Assad are making and selling the amphetamine captagon, creating a new narco-state

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “superb”, “productive” and “substantive” meeting, as described by the two leaders in Sochi on Oct. 22. Apparently, Russia gave Israel the green light to bomb Hezbollah in Syria. The group is in a precarious position at home as more factions speak out against it and the investigation into the

Friday, 29 January, 2021 - 07:45 Syrians visit the residence of spiritual leader Hikmat al-Hijri, local media outlet "Suwayda 24" Daraa - Riad al-Zein Tension prevailed in the countryside of west Daraa Thursday after the “Fourth Division” of the Syrian regime’s army, led by Maher Assad, warned to attack the region. The Fourth Division had threatened to launch a wide-scale ground and air operation in western Daraa if oppositi...

27 shares Avi Issacharoff, The Times of Israels Middle East analyst, fills the same role for Walla, the leading portal in Israel. He is also a guest commentator on many different radio shows and current affairs programs on television. Until 2012, he was a reporter and commentator on Arab affairs for the Haaretz newspaper. He also lectures on modern Palestinian history at Tel Aviv University, and is currently writing a script for an action-drama series for the Israeli satellite Television ...