How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state

By Hadeel Al-Shalchi

As Syria’s economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon.

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