Drug trade in Syria allegedly tied to Assad regime's financial gains

Imtiaz Tyab tours a Syrian facility linked to the production of a street drug popular in the Middle East. The operation allegedly funded the exiled dictator's regime, adding to the legacy of pain left behind.

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New details of Captagon drug trade exposed with Assad regime's collapse

A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most popular street drugs in the Middle East and beyond.
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How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade

Analysts estimate Bashar al-Assad's regime raked in $5 billion per year from the Captagon drug trade, dwarfing Syria's official budget and making it a lifeline for the bankrupted country. Imtiaz ...
CBS News - 18h
What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in the stimulant drug Captagon

Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the highly addictive drug Captagon
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Israel pushing into Syria after Assad's regime fall

Hundreds of U.S. troops are in Syria to help prevent ISIS there. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab is in Syria as more questions emerge about the future of the country torn by civil war and as Israel pushes in ...
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The New York Times - Dec. 8
Analysis of the Bashar Assad regime collapse in Syria

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The New York Times - Dec. 4

Drug trade in Syria allegedly tied to Assad regime's financial gains

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