How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall

How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall Submitted by Reem Aouir on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 12:50 Once a key smuggling corridor, Sweida has em…

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Syria's captagon trade has shifted to Sweida following the fall of Assad's regime, with potential implications for regional stability.

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• Syria's captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad's fall

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How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall Submitted by Reem Aouir on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 12:50 Once a key smuggling corridor, Sweida has emerged as the drug's new hub in Syria, fuelled by weak state control and ongoing Israeli support for local armed factions A member of the Syrian security forces empties a sack of captagon into a ditch to burn them in a field near the Fourth Division's Security Bureau on the outskirts of Damascus on 19 January 2025 (Bakr al-Kasem/AFP) Off As Syria's new authorities dismantle the remnants of Bashar al-Assad's captagon empire, attention is increasingly turning to the southern province of Sweida. Once primarily a transit route for narcotics destined for Jordan and the Gulf, local investigations and regional security data suggest the province has evolved into one of the…

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• Uncertainty about the extent of the trade shift

Categoria: cronaca
Entità: Sweida