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Man looks on as fires burn in Algeria forests
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Algeria to jail drug barons in former desert barracks

Algeria plans a high-security desert prison for drug barons, expands anti-drug security measures and backs the death penalty for forest fire crimes. 

Othman Lahyani
03 September, 2026
Noah Zaiter’s arrest: More symbolic than impactful
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Has Beirut won war on drugs with arrest of druglord Nouh Zaiter?

Nicholas Frakes
26 November, 2025
The 2019 financial crisis transformed Lebanon's drug smuggling from a chronic problem into a crisis of unprecedented scale. [Getty]
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Lebanon cancer patients on DIY chemo drugs amid fake meds crisis

Suzanne Abou Said
07 July, 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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Algeria seizes 1.65 million ecstasy pills in major drug bust

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 May, 2025
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Iraq
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Iraqi security seizes 1.4M narcotic pills in fabric rolls

Dana Taib Menmy
03 May, 2024
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Syrian regime launches wave of 'cynical' drug dealer arrests

The New Arab Staff
22 May, 2023
Captagon
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Saudi Arabia seizes multimillion dollar captagon shipment

The New Arab Staff
16 March, 2023
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Saudi executes Jordanian in drugs case

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 March, 2023
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Lebanon's 'Captagon King' sentenced to 7 years in jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 December, 2022
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Captagon
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Captagon connection: how Syria became a narco state

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 November, 2022
Royal Navy Frigate HMS Montrose Participate In Joint Military Exerci
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UK navy seizes $15m crystal meth shipment in Arabian Sea

The New Arab Staff
09 October, 2022
Heroin cargo
India
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India arrests six Pakistanis after seizing heroin cargo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 October, 2022
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Afghanistan
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Behind the rise of Afghanistan's booming meth industry

Mujtaba Haris
14 July, 2022
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Jordan
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Jordan: Iran-linked groups in Syria wage drug war on borders

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 May, 2022
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Two Palestinians arrested in Israel over 'Hezbollah links'

The New Arab Staff
20 March, 2022
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Virus and war pushes Afghans towards opium farming

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2020