The Latest Breaking News from Captagon

US sanctions entities supporting Iran, Hezbollah, and Houthis, and targets individuals involved in Syrian government financial evasion and Captagon traffic...

Billions of dollars go to the Syrian government, leaving it at the centre of the amphetamine’s trade.

The attack marks the latest effort to disrupt drug trafficking into Jordan, but residents warn of civilian casualties.

Jordanian troops have clashed with dozens of drug smugglers along the country's northern border with Syria, leaving several dead including one soldier while another was wounded

Report highlights the pivotal role played by Europe in the shipment of Captagon pills from the Middle East to the Gulf.

Several hundred trucks bound for the Gulf states have been trapped at the border between Syria and Jordan since early August because of a new Saudi law affecting cargo vehicles apparently aimed at stemming the flow of the drug Captagon.

Europe is bracing for the possible influx of a drug that’s hooked the Middle East as political shifts and crackdowns in the Gulf spur producers in Syria and Lebanon to tap new markets.

Syria has pledged to fight drug smuggling in talks with Arab neighbours, but the stimulant keeps moving across region.

Western governments have been frustrated by the red carpet treatment Arab countries have been giving Syria’s president, fearing their reconciliation with the pariah state will undermine efforts to push a solution to its long-running civil war

The billions of dollars Syria’s al-Assad is believed to be making from Captagon have given him a financial lifeline.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will attend his first Arab League summit in 12 years in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Friday. His government’s controversial return to the bloc comes as Arab states seek to curtail Syria’s thriving trade in Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine known as the “poor…