Syria has become the hub of Captagon trafficking, the 'poor man's cocaine'
Since the 2018 recapture of southern Syria by forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, drug trafficking has soared along the border with Jordan.
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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 wider issue is the linkage of armed groups in southern Syria to the Syrian regime, Iran’s IRGC and likely to Hezbollah.
Soldiers have a shoot-to-kill policy to stop millions of Captagon pills being smuggled from Syria.
The $5 billion Captagon drug trade is directly funding the illicit activities of the Assad regime in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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