Damascus — In a remote corner outside Damascus, Syria, a now abandoned potato chip factory reveals one of the many dark but open secrets of the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. A CBS News team gained ...

The regime consistently denied links to the global captagon trade, which experts say is worth billions of dollars a year. A stimulant first produced in 1960s Germany to help treat attention deficit ...

As they pushed towards victory in early December, rebel forces in Syria uncovered the true extent of the Assad regime's worst-kept secret: its involvement in the production and trade of the powerful – ...

Rebel fighters who are now part of Syria's new de facto government have been destroying large shipments of Captagon, an addictive drug that was mass produced by the ousted Assad regime. Rebel fighters ...

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(WASHINGTON) — The Assad regime in Syria came toppling down in lightning speed after rebel forces led a days-long offensive across the country and captured the capital, Damascus, on Sunday, with ...

Syrian authorities seize bags full of captagon during a counter-narcotics operation in March. (SANA) When Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa entered Damascus in December 2024 as a victorious rebel, he ...

Rebel fighters who are now part of Syria's new de facto government have been seizing and burning large shipments of Captagon. That's the addictive amphetamine drug that was mass-produced and sold by ...

Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria. The Assad regime in Syria came toppling down in lightning speed after rebel forces led a days-long offensive across the ...