Sun 10 March 2024: In Iraq’s western Anbar province, authorities made a new drug bust at the end of February, seizing 80kg (176lb) of the narcotic Captagon. It is just the latest seizure of the Middle East’s budget amphetamine of choice in Iraq, and in a region that lies just across the border from Syria, … Continue reading SYRIA AVOIDS REGIONAL COLD SHOULDER DESPITE CAPTAGON DRUG TRADE