2025-02-09
26 分钟Ousted President Bashar al-Assad has been linked to Syria’s multi-billion dollar Captagon trade. Rebel leaders vow to end it—but what will it take to break the country's link to the drug?
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Since overthrowing Bashar al Assad, Syria's new rebel leader has promised a bright future,
stability, tolerance and religious diversity.
Ahmed Al Shara has also vowed to end the criminal drugs empire linked to the Assad family.
A multi billion dollar operation that spread a drug called Captagon throughout the Middle East.
Syria has become the biggest producer of Captagon on earth.
And today, Syria is going to be purified by the grace of God.
So what will it take for Syria's new leaders to stamp out an industry so intertwined with the state?