Built Upon Syria's Ruins, A Drug Empire Flourishes.

The article reports on the emergence of amphetamine drug called captagon run by associates and relatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Topics mentioned include production and distribution of the drug under the supervision of the Fourth Armored Division of Syrian Army, the estimated number of captagon pills seized across the globe in 2021, and thoughts from U.S. special envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn on the idea of going to the Syrian government to ask about cooperation.