Qatari news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed cited two Iraqi officials on Wednesday as saying that a sharp drop was seen in Captagon smuggling into the country from Syria since the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime.
Captagon was the main drug produced in Syria © FDS
Qatari news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed cited two Iraqi officials on Wednesday as saying that a sharp drop was seen in Captagon smuggling into the country from Syria since the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime.
Captagon was the main drug produced in the country and distributed to neighboring countries and made up the bulk of the Assad regime’s profits.
Lebanese customs, working with General Security, foiled a major smuggling attempt on Saturday at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, seizing 46.7 kilos of cocaine, the largest drug bust in the airport’s history, French-language daily L’Orient-Le Jour reported.
President Isaac Herzog urged Israel’s political leaders on Sunday to accept the outcome of last week’s election and show flexibility in coalition talks, warning that political entrenchment could drag the country into yet another vote.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had destroyed much of Iran’s nuclear capability but still had “one or two” sites left to deal with, as Tehran threatened to retaliate against any new strikes.
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