DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria on Tuesday condemned the European Union’s new sanctions on Damascus over making and trafficking an amphetamine saying the move was based on lies. The Syrian Foreign Ministry statement came a day after the EU imposed sanctions on several Syrians, including members of President Bashar Assad’s family, blaming them for the production and trafficking of narcotics, notably …
Captagon is primarily produced in Syria and Lebanon, where packages containing millions of pills are smuggled into Gulf countries, Europe. The trade allegedly has strong ties to Assad, as well as key ally, the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in neighboring Lebanon Beirut: The U.S. and U.K. on Tuesday slapped sanctions on four Syrians and two Lebanese involved in manufacturing and …
BEIRUT — The U.S. and U.K. on Tuesday slapped sanctions on four Syrians and two Lebanese involved in manufacturing and trafficking the amphetamine drug Captagon, the two governments said. Gacki added that the trade’s revenues enable the government’s “continued repression on the Syrian people.” Among the four Syrians sanctioned are two cousins of Assad, Samer and Wassim. According to the …
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