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Syrien. On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

Syrien. On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

Powerful associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean. (New York Times, USA, 05.12.2021)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/world/middleeast/syria-drugs-captagon-assad.html