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              Captagon Crisis

              Captagon crisis in the Middle East

              The National

              Shadi's take on Syria's efforts to tackle drug smuggling

              CartoonDecember 02, 2025
              Imad Abu Zureiq, centre in right image, was welcomed to the presidential palace by Ahmed Al Shara. Photo: SANA / AFP
              Play01:21

              Captagon smuggler welcomed by regime in Syria despite crackdown

              MENAMarch 30, 2025
              In August 2023, Jordanian authorities put drugs and weapons taken from criminal gangs in Amman and northern governorates on display to the public. Photo: Jordan Public Security

              Jordan intercepts millions of Captagon pills bound for Saudi Arabia

              MENAJune 05, 2024
              Fighters affiliated with Syria's Hayat Tahrir Al Sham rebel-group display Captagon previously seized at a checkpoint they control in Daret Ezza, Aleppo. AFP

              Captagon trade allows Syria to ride out spillover from regional war

              MENAApril 24, 2024
              A Syrian protester holds a banner reading 'Suweida will remain the beacon of the Syrian revolution' during a demonstration in solidarity with the anti-government movement in the southern province. EPA
              Play34:07:17

              Syria's civil war: How an ambush in 2011 influenced the conflict

              SyriaMarch 17, 2024
              Captagon pills seized at Saudi Arabia's Jeddah port, hidden in a baklawa shipment. Photo: Saudi Customs Authority

              Jordan and neighbours to share information on drug smuggling

              MENAFebruary 18, 2024
              A Royal Jordanian Air Force plane takes off from an air base to strike ISIS in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Reuters

              Jordanian air raids to disrupt drug flows spark feud with Syria

              JordanJanuary 24, 2024
              Drugs and weapons seized last year 4in anti-narcotics operations in Jordan. Photo: General Security Directorate

              Jordan condemns Syria after border shootout tied to drugs

              JordanJanuary 08, 2024
              Suspected Syrian smugglers who the Jordanian military says it arrested after a border shoot-out on Monday. Petra News Agency

              Escalation of drug war on Jordan-Syria border linked to Hezbollah

              JordanDecember 20, 2023
              Captagon pills are the mainstay of narcotics smuggling from southern Syria to Jordan. AFP

              Jordanian jets target drug smugglers in Syria raids

              JordanDecember 19, 2023
              Drugs seized on Jordan's border with Syria in August 2023

              Jordanian forces kill drug smuggler on Syrian border

              MENADecember 15, 2023
              Jordanian soldiers on patrol near the border with Syria. AP

              Jordanian soldier killed by drug smugglers at border with Syria

              MENADecember 12, 2023
              Captagon pills seized in Athens, Greece, in 2017. AP

              Three drug smugglers killed as they attempted to enter Jordan from Syria

              JordanDecember 05, 2023
              The Azzaz Specialty Psychiatric Hospital is the only such hospital serving a population of 4 million in north-western Syria. Photo: MedGlobal

              Syrian drugs use almost triples since civil war began in 2011

              WorldSeptember 26, 2023
              Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, at a Senate hearing in August 2022. Reuters

              Saudi-Israel talks strategic objective, says senior US official

              USSeptember 21, 2023
              A drone loaded with narcotic substances was shot down on the front of the Eastern Military Region, Jordan. JAF

              Jordan shoots down drone carrying drugs from Syria

              JordanSeptember 04, 2023
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