Syria’s Assad Regime Using Drug Smuggling as a Political Tool
Syria’s Assad Regime Using Drug Smuggling as a Political Tool

Author(s): Sara Nowacka
Subject(s): Politics, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Criminology, Substance abuse and addiction, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Syria; drug smuggling; political tool; regime;
Summary/Abstract: The need to combat drug smuggling from Syria to other Arab countries has contributed to their leaders’ decision to normalise relations with Bashar al-Assad in order to convince him to curb the practice. The dismantling of the Assad-run captagon production and smuggling network is also becoming a priority of Western countries’ Middle East policy due to the increasing flow of the drug into Europe as well.

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