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Captagon crisis in the Middle East

Imad Abu Zureiq, centre in right image, was welcomed to the presidential palace by Ahmed Al Shara. Photo: SANA / AFP

Captagon smuggler welcomed by regime in Syria despite crackdown

MENAMarch 30, 2025

In August 2023, Jordanian authorities put drugs and weapons taken from criminal gangs in Amman and northern governorates on display to the public. Photo: Jordan Public Security

Jordan intercepts millions of Captagon pills bound for Saudi Arabia

MENAJune 05, 2024

Fighters affiliated with Syria's Hayat Tahrir Al Sham rebel-group display Captagon previously seized at a checkpoint they control in Daret Ezza, Aleppo. AFP

Captagon trade allows Syria to ride out spillover from regional war

MENAApril 24, 2024

A Syrian protester holds a banner reading 'Suweida will remain the beacon of the Syrian revolution' during a demonstration in solidarity with the anti-government movement in the southern province. EPA

Syria's civil war: How an ambush in 2011 influenced the conflict

SyriaMarch 17, 2024

Captagon pills seized at Saudi Arabia's Jeddah port, hidden in a baklawa shipment. Photo: Saudi Customs Authority

Jordan and neighbours to share information on drug smuggling

MENAFebruary 18, 2024

A Royal Jordanian Air Force plane takes off from an air base to strike ISIS in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Reuters

Jordanian air raids to disrupt drug flows spark feud with Syria

JordanJanuary 24, 2024

Drugs and weapons seized last year 4in anti-narcotics operations in Jordan. Photo: General Security Directorate

Jordan condemns Syria after border shootout tied to drugs

JordanJanuary 08, 2024

Suspected Syrian smugglers who the Jordanian military says it arrested after a border shoot-out on Monday. Petra News Agency

Escalation of drug war on Jordan-Syria border linked to Hezbollah

JordanDecember 20, 2023

Captagon pills are the mainstay of narcotics smuggling from southern Syria to Jordan. AFP

Jordanian jets target drug smugglers in Syria raids

JordanDecember 19, 2023

Drugs seized on Jordan's border with Syria in August 2023

Jordanian forces kill drug smuggler on Syrian border

MENADecember 15, 2023

Jordanian soldiers on patrol near the border with Syria. AP

Jordanian soldier killed by drug smugglers at border with Syria

MENADecember 12, 2023

Captagon pills seized in Athens, Greece, in 2017. AP

Three drug smugglers killed as they attempted to enter Jordan from Syria

JordanDecember 05, 2023

The Azzaz Specialty Psychiatric Hospital is the only such hospital serving a population of 4 million in north-western Syria. Photo: MedGlobal

Syrian drugs use almost triples since civil war began in 2011

WorldSeptember 26, 2023

Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, at a Senate hearing in August 2022. Reuters

Saudi-Israel talks strategic objective, says senior US official

USSeptember 21, 2023

A drone loaded with narcotic substances was shot down on the front of the Eastern Military Region, Jordan. JAF

Jordan shoots down drone carrying drugs from Syria

JordanSeptember 04, 2023

Damage from a reported air strike on August 31, 2023 on a Syrian farm, which is situated in a drug trafficking zone near the border with Jordan. Photo: Suwayda24

Syrian farm on border drug corridor with Jordan hit from the air

MENAAugust 31, 2023

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