Captagon

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Post-Assad Syria
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Captagon survivors find recovery in Syria’s first rehab clinic

Once a cornerstone of the Assad regime, the Captagon drug has left devastation across Syria. Now, a new rehab clinic in the north offers a glimmer of hope

Sami Zaïbi
05 June, 2025
A member of the security forces of Syria's new authorities empties a sack of Captagon into a ditch to burn them in a field near the Fourth Division's Security Bureau on the outskirts of Damascus on January 19, 2025. (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP/Getty)
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria says it has seized all captagon factories

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 June, 2025
Security forces in black uniforms dismantle metal frames used to conceal millions of captagon pills in Latakia, Syria, on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Sevket Akca/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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MENA
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Syria foils attempt to smuggle out 4 million captagon tablets

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 May, 2025
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Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese army raids Captagon factory along Syrian border

The New Arab Staff
05 May, 2025
Security forces in black uniforms dismantle metal frames used to conceal millions of captagon pills in Latakia, Syria, on April 12, 2025. The Syrian Interior Ministry announced that approximately 4 million captagon pills were seized during a raid on a smuggling depot near the coastal port.
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MENA
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Syria seizes millions of captagon pills: ministry

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 April, 2025
A member of the security forces of the new Syrian authorities shows Captagon pills found in a compound of the ousted president Bashar al-Assad's forces in Damascus on January 7, 2025. (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
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MENA
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Iraq says seized one tonne of captagon from Syria via Turkey

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 March, 2025
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Syria
Society
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Post-Assad, can Syria’s health sector recover as sanctions ease?

The New Arab Staff

Jagoda Grondecka

26 February, 2025
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Iraq
MENA
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Iraq's drug epidemic spreads from schools to government offices

Dana Taib Menmy
19 February, 2025
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Captagon
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Toys stuffed with Captagon uncovered by Syrian security forces

21 January, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria security forces destroy millions of captagon pills

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 January, 2025
Photo of a villa in Damascus used to manufacture Captagon
Syria
MENA
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New Assad-linked Captagon factory uncovered in Syria

The New Arab
16 December, 2024
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Post-Assad Syria
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Syria Captagon empire uncovered after Assad’s fall

The New Arab Staff
12 December, 2024
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Syria
MENA
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Syria's Captagon empire uncovered after Assad regime's fall

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2024
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Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA
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Iraqi Kurdistan security foils 'drug-infused books' going to UK

Dana Taib Menmy
24 July, 2024
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Iraq
MENA
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UN warns Iraq becoming major regional drug conduit

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 July, 2024
Jordan
MENA
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Jordan makes biggest drugs bust in years at Saudi border

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 June, 2024
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Iraq
MENA
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Iraq announces haul of 2.5 million captagon pills

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 May, 2024
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MENA
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US House of Congress passes Syria Captagon sanctions bill

William Christou
17 April, 2024
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MENA
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Syria: No grounds for Jordanian air strikes on its soil

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2024
Jordan
MENA
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Jordan's airstrikes on south Syria 'drug smugglers' kill 9

The New Arab Staff
18 January, 2024
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Syria Insight
Inside MENA
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Syria Insight: Captagon drug trade sees Jordan stand-off

Paul McLoughlin
17 January, 2024