Syria: From drug trafficking to new values ​​- HTS fights against Captagon!

Syria: From drug trafficking to new values ​​- HTS fights against Captagon!

in the heart of Syria, where the chaos of the civil war marked a darkly new start, the armed forces of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have uncovered spectacular drug production facilities, which once acted as part of the criminal empire by Bashar al-Assad. In the disused air force base in Damascus, over five million capagon pills were discovered, which were intended for export to wealthy neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to HTS commander Abu Muhannad, the location was abused as a pill warehouse and prison after the Assad regime had fallen, which reveals the dark connection between politics and drug trafficking, as the AP news reported.

formerly used as a retreat for rich Emiratis, the region has turned into one of the largest drug factories in the world. Experts estimate that global income from Captagon trading is around $ 10 billion annually, with Assad and its regime only earn around $ 2.4 billion annually. With the fall of the regime and the creation of HTS as a new power structure, the huge Captagon industry is now targeted to free the Syrian people from this scourge. The HTS boss Abu Mohammed al-Jolani said: "Thanks to the grace of the Almighty God, Syria is cleaned", so reports Today.at .

The captagon pills once produced in secret and unobtrusive systems, which were produced in a former chip plant in Douma and various other institutions, were part of a billion-dollar network that became a dominant force in the region. Before the war, Captagon was invented as a prescription medication, but has established itself in the region as a popular stimulant that attracts both fighters and wealthy citizens. With this transformation of drug trade, not only a new economic reality has arisen, but also a challenge for the future stability of Syria. The drug problem therefore remains one of the most delicate tasks for the new leadership, while she tries to regain the reins of control and to free Syrian society from the scars of drug addiction and its consequences.