Syrian rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani was cheered on by a crowd in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday, December 8, after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Bashir al-Assad's lucrative 'jihad drug' empire brought billions of pounds a year into the coffers of his Syria n regime.
But production of Captagon - which also goes by the name Fenethylline - has reportedly ground to a near halt after the Assad clan fled to Russia and Islamist rebels overran the main Captagon factories in Syria's coastal areas. Bashir al-Assad's lucrative 'jihad drug' empire brought billions of pounds a year into the coffers of his Syrian regime -
'The IRGC needs that revenue and the Levant is now more or less cut off,' Mr Krohley said, adding that Captagon could become a 'means to generate revenue, provide services and compete for influence'. Captagon is seen as the substance of choice for combatants, such as Islamic State terrorists, who value its ability to ward off tiredness and make them feel impervious to bullets.
Bashar al-Assad with his wife Asma al-Assad arrive at New Delhi International airport, India, 17 June 2008 An investigation by The New York Times revealed that much of Syria's production and distribution of the drug was supervised by the Fourth Armoured Division - nicknamed the 'Captagon Division' - of the Syrian Arab Army.
Saudi Arabia was responsible for two-thirds of global Captagon seizures between 2012 and 2021, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime . Last year, the UK Government imposed sanctions on individuals responsible for the drug trade 'fuelling Assad's war machine', including businessmen and relatives of the Syrian president.
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