Jordanien/Syrien. How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Narcotics Capital - The militias profiting from the drug trade do not answer to Damascus
Jordanien/Syrien. How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Narcotics Capital - The militias profiting from the drug trade do not answer to Damascus
In the early hours of Sunday, May 3, Jordanian F-16 fighter jets crossed into Syrian airspace and launched strikes on at least six locations in the southern province of Sweida. In a statement issued hours later, Jordan’s military said that “Operation Jordanian Deterrence” had targeted “factories, facilities and warehouses used by trafficking groups as launch points for smuggling operations into Jordan.”
This was the fifth time Jordan had launched military strikes in Sweida since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, and the third round since the area fell under the control of Israel-backed Druze militia groups, known as the “National Guard,” in July 2025. (New Lines Magazine, USA, 19.05.2026)
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/how-israel-backed-sweida-became-syrias-narcotics-capital/