Inside Syria’s fight against the Captagon trade
Anti-narcotics units in Syria raid homes and seize pills as the government fights back against the Captagon trade.

Anti-narcotics units in Syria raid homes and seize pills as the government fights back against the Captagon trade.


![Atef Najib, a brigadier general and former head of the Political Security Department in Daraa during Syria's ousted President Bashar al-Assad's rule, who is accused of committing war crimes, attends a trial session at the Palace of Justice, in Damascus, Syria, April 26, 2026. [File: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/reuters_6a006dbb-1778412987.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






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