The target of the operation was an 'international trafficking network'. Photo: @INIS_IQ / X

Iraqi and Syrian forces seize more than 400,000 Captagon pills

Nations are stepping up efforts to curb drug smuggling

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Syria's protectionist move to support local lorry drivers raises cost of business for neighbours

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Dozens of minors among ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria to Iraq

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Special reportHow thousands escaped from Syria's biggest ISIS camp

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EditorialSyria's government should be honest about the violence its people are seeing

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Convoy of Australian prisoners turned back to Syrian ISIS camp

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Trump 'engaged' with Al Shara to halt fighting with SDF

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A US-led coalition plane prepares to take off from Shaddadi base in Hasakah, Syria, from which American troops have now withdrawn. Getty Images

US withdraws from major base in north-east Syria amid regional volatility

Washington handed base in the south to Damascus last week

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Syria's Al Shibani claims 'no violence' against minorities despite killings

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US military says strikes hit 30 ISIS targets in Syria as detainees are transferred to Iraq

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Syria’s Al Shibani accuses Israel of 'overreacting' to perceived threats

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Syria appoints Kurdish official as governor of Hasakah after SDF deal

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Special reportHunting for ISIS fighters deep in the Syrian desert

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Weekend EssaySolving Syria's Kurdish question remains a work in progress

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Kurdish official Noureddin Issa officially assumed office as governor of Hasakah. Photo: SANA

Syria appoints Kurdish official as governor of Hasakah after SDF deal

Noureddin Issa assumed office under presidential decree

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Special reportHunting for ISIS fighters deep in the Syrian desert

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Weekend EssaySolving Syria's Kurdish question remains a work in progress

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Minority mistrust: Syria's Kurds determined to defend hard-won rights

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