July 30, 2022

"The Assad Regime Would Not Survive Loss of Captagon Revenues"

The regime of Bashar Assad is apparently deeply involved in the trade of synthetic drugs. German investigators have now found proof that Syria's dictator is apparently funding his rule with drug money.

By Jörg Diehl, Mohannad al-Najjar and Christoph Reuter
Der Spiegel
June 21, 2022

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/syrian-drug-smuggling-the-assad-regime-would-not-survive-loss-of-captagon-revenues-a-b4302356-e562-4088-95a1-45d557a3952a-amp

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We cannot ignore Syria's emergence as a narco-state

By Charles Lister
Middle East Institute
April 29, 2022

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Syria's emerging drug empire is not going away soon

Many analysts believe that the profits generated by drug manufacturing and export have become an important revenue stream for the cash-strapped Syrian government.

By Dr. Haid Haid
The Arab Weekly
February 7, 2022

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Captagon: Jordan's undeclared war against Syria drug traffickers

By Yolande Knell
BBC News
April 18, 2022

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Jordan says Iran-linked groups in Syria wage drug war along border

Reuters
Al Arabiya 
May 24, 2022

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The battle against captagon

The 'poor man’s cocaine' is now rife across the Middle East, heralding an era of violent, state-sponsored drug-trafficking, says Vanda Felbab-Brown

By Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown
Chatham House
May 27, 2022

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A dirty business': how one drug is turning Syria into a narco-state

Manufacture of Captagon is a growth industry so big it is starting to rival GDP of flatlining economy

By Martin Chulov
The Guardian 
May 7, 2021

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Narcos: Syria edition - and what the US can do about it

By Ian Larson
Atlantic Council 
June 14, 2021

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The Syrian Economy at War: Captagon, Hashish, and the Syrian Narco-State

Center for Operational Analysis and Research
April 27, 2021

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Four killed in attempt to smuggle drugs from Syria, Jordan's armed forces say

By Maher Chmaytelli, Yasmin Hussein and Toby Chopra
Reuters
May 22, 2022

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Jordanian Army Accuses Damascus, Tehran of Sponsoring Drug Smuggling Into Kingdom

By Debbie Mohnblatt
The Media Line
May 30, 2022

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Captagon Act H.R.6265

To require a strategy by the United States Government to disrupt and dismantle the Captagon trade and narcotics networks of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

U.S. Congress 
December 14, 2021

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What's Next in Syria: Captagon and Assad's Booming Drug Empire

The Heritage Foundation 
July 26, 2022

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July 12, 2022

Iran Is Trying to Convert Syria to Shiism

Ten years after entering Syria’s civil war, Tehran is using religion to make its influence there permanent.

By Anchal Vohra
Foreign Policy 
March 15, 2021

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Iran repopulates Syria with Shia Muslims to help tighten regime's control

New communities are settling in areas where Sunnis have fled or been forced out as Tehran seeks an arc of control stretching from its borders to Israel

By Martin Chulov
The Guardian 
January 14, 2017


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Iran's Long Game in Syria

By Oula A. Alrifai, Nakissa Jahanbani and Mehdi Khalaji
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
March 29, 2021

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Sayyidah Zaynab In Damascus; Heart Of Iran's Expansionist Project In Syria

By Rafi Hassan
North Press Agency
June 1, 2022

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Iranian Strategic Goals of converting Syrian Euphrates Area into Shia

By Strategic Studies Unit
MENA Reseach and Study Center 
September 15, 2019

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Iran Is Building a New Source of Shia Influence Inside Syria

By Lina Sinjab
Chatham House 
November 2017


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