The captagon trade has spread from Syria to Yemen, bankrolling Houthi terrorism. Washington should pay attention.

The collapse of the fenethylline market in Syria has seen producers look for new markets, including the battlefields of ...

In response to mounting security threats, Syrian authorities have intensified efforts to combat drug smuggling, focusing on ...

Syria drug bust. Joint operation in Damascus nets major smuggling ring, with arrests made. Iraqi PM al-Sudani oversaw ...

As part of ongoing nationwide efforts to combat drug trafficking and safeguard public health, Kuwait’s Criminal Security ...

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry has thwarted an attempt to smuggle nearly four million Captagon tablets into the country, valued ...

Captagon is cheap to produce, and Syria, at this point, has no real border control or law enforcement. Thus, labs can turn out millions of the little pills for $5 to $20 a dose, using legal ...

Captagon is an amphetamine-type stimulant that was first produced in the 1960s to treat conditions such as narcolepsy and ADHD. Its chemical name is fenethylline, but it is generally known by the ...

Captagon was first developed in Germany in the 1960s as a prescription stimulant for conditions like narcolepsy. It was later outlawed due to heart issues and its addictive properties.

The Captagon economy is thought to be worth at least five billion dollars, and anti-narcotics law enforcement groups across the Middle East have warned that the market continues to grow. Although ...

Captagon is now by far Syria's biggest export, dwarfing all its legal exports put together, according to estimates drawn from official data by AFP. An amphetamine derived from a once-legal treatment ...

Saudi Arabia is carrying out more executions than at any time since the 1990s as the kingdom cracks down hard on the ...