Captagon

Pills of captagon are pictured after their burning to be disposed of upon their discovery at Mazzeh Military Airport in the west of Damascus on Dec. 12, 2024. (AFP)

Iraq

Iraq and Syria Seize 400,000 Captagon Pills in Joint Anti-Narcotics Operation

The Captagon pills that were seized by the Iraqi authorities. (Photo: Iraqi National Intelligence Service/ X)

Iraq

Iraq Thwarts Cross-Border Captagon Smuggling Network in Coordinated Syria Operation

A part of the Bekaa Valley, July 23, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Middle East

Iraq says its tip to Lebanon leads to the destruction of an amphetamine factory

Members of the Syrian General Security collects confiscated Captagon pills. (Photo: SANA)

Iraq

Iraq, Syria Seize Over 1.3 Million Captagon Pills in Cross-Border Drug Bust

Syrian Authorities found a compound for Captagon production formerly belonging to Bashar al-Assad's forces. (Photo: AP)

Syria

Syria Seizes 4 Million Captagon Pills Hidden in Metal Bars at Latakia Port

The ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Asaad.(Graphic: Designed by Kurdistan24)

Syria

Despite Assad’s Fall, Captagon Trade Still Thrives in Syria

Blindfolded drug dealers, murderers and thieves in a detention facility in Basra, Dec. 2019. (Photos: AP / Graphics: Designed by Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraq's Escalating Drug Crisis: A Nation at a Crossroads

Iraq's Central Criminal Court. (Photo: Court's website)

Iraq

Iraq Dismantles International Drug Network, Sentences Nine Traffickers to Death

Members of the security forces with Syria's new government inspect a warehouse that used to hide pills of Captagon, during a raid in Latakia on Jan. 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

About 100 million Captagon pills destroyed in Damascus

A man watches a pile of illicit drugs burn, as Syria's new authorities burn drugs. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Syrian authorities destroy over one million Captagon pills in post-Assad crackdown

A Syrian rebel fighter stands by electrical storage components that were used to hide pills of Captagon. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq reports sharp drop in Captagon smuggling after fall of Assad regime

A Syrian rebel fighter holds a container of pills of Captagon. (Photo: Bakr al-Kasem/AFP)

Syria

British-Made chemicals found in Assad regime's Captagon factory in Damascus: Telegraph

The factory of Captagon tablets in Douma, Syria. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Syria

Kurdistan24 uncovers Captagon production facility in Syria linked to Assad regime