AGI – The Jordan further Bomb in Syria hit Drug production centers and warehouses controlled by Militias near Iran. It's about the more serious escalation in relationships between Syria and Jordan and the The drug in question is Captagon, an amphetamine that became the main economic source of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime during the years of conflict. The airstrikes in recent days follow several operations by the Jordanian armed forces over the past week aimed at targeting drug and arms traffickers on the Syria-Jordan border.
According to the Amman army, the incursions were carried out by Jordanian forces Dozens of human traffickers were killed and dozens of wounded Jordanian soldiers. The Jordanian government is certain that the criminal organizations are acting under the protection of militias with ties to Iran active in the area. “Jordan knows exactly who is behind all this. It is Iran that supports these militias and their actions constitute acts of hostility towards us,” said Samih Maayteh, a former minister and a figure close to the monarchy in power in the country.
However, there is no shortage of it Accusations against Hezbollah, which has a lot of influence in some areas of Syria and is no stranger to the Captagon business. Now Amman is vowing not to stop, and in a statement the army says operations to pursue and attack these armed groups and “prevent risks to national security” will continue. “There has been an increase in military operations in recent days.
The aim is to combat illegal intrusions into our country by drug traffickers, drug smuggling and attacks on our border guards. “Operations continue,” the Amman army said in a statement. Last year, the United States imposed tough sanctions on two cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over trafficking in Captagon, whose business has exploded in recent years.
Known in the Middle East as Abu Hilalain Because of the two crescents printed on the board, it is oneamphetamine sellable to a Price at least three times higher than production costs. A boom centered in Syria, which with the civil war became the main production center of this powerful amphetamine, which today represents the country's main export product (particularly to Saudi Arabia) and the main resource for the government of Damascus.
A business valued at billions of dollars; According to the New Lines Institute, the trading volume created by Captagon in 2021 was $5.7 billion. A rough estimate that could actually hide a significantly higher value. In fact, the same institute states that the figure was calculated only on the basis of the quantity of drugs confiscated in large establishments and in relation to the cost of a single pill in the region.
The exciting and hyperstimulating Captagon tablets were widely used in Syria during the years of civil war that began in 2011. The growth of production centers created and developed to support the militias involved in guerrilla warfare has, in just a few years, made the country Assad, the amphetamine production center. Captagon was invented in Germany in 1961 and has been prescribed for depression and attention deficit problems in children for 25 years.
The World Health Organization stopped it in 1986. Before Syria, Bulgaria was the main production center of this drug for years.
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