Syrian authorities foil plots to smuggle 700,000 Captagon pills from Lebanon
Syrian authorities have seized more than 700,000 Captagon pills and 40 kilograms of hashish after foiling smuggling attempts…
Captagon Creeps into Syria’s Contested Areas
Executive Summary While the new Syrian government’s efforts against drug production and trafficking have disrupted the monopoly deposed…
Syria says Sharaa holds phone call with Trump
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call with US President Donald Trump in which they discussed supporting…
Syria seeks ‘peace not normalisation’ with Israel, FM says
Syrian FM says Damascus seeks ‘peace not normalisation’ with Israel through US-mediated talks [Getty] Damascus is pursuing a…
Syria’s Suwayda: A new hub for the multibillion-dollar Captagon trade?
Jordanian fighter jets struck what they described as “factories and laboratories” for narcotics in southern Syria on Sunday,…
Over 1 million captagon pills bound for neighboring countries seized in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Intelligence Service announced Tuesday it had foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 1 million…
Jordan’s air raids on Syrian border highlight emergence of new breed of drug smugglers
Jordanian air raids on southern Syria are targeting a new breed of drug smuggler that emerged after the…
Jordan strikes drug, weapons storage sites in Syria’s Suweida
Syrian state TV reported Jordanian strikes on a drugs and weapons storage in the southern Druze-majority province of…
Syria thwarts Hezbollah plot, vows at UN to fight terrorist groups
A rocket launcher embedded in the back of a small truck that was reportedly uncovered by Syrian security…
Jordan, Syria bust cross-border captagon network
2026-04-09T15:32:40+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Damascus/ Amman Jordan and Syria’s anti-narcotics agencies announced…
Iraq breaks international Captagon ring and child trafficking cell
2026-04-09T06:29:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq on Wednesday dismantled two criminal networks…
The Syrian super-drug coming for Britain
I was meant to be shadowing the anti-drug squad. But when I call my contact in the Syrian…