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 Tyab has new details about what was discovered about the trade after Assad's rule collapsed.

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How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade

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