Synthetic drug captagon was at the heart of discussions on the reintegration of Damascus into the Arab League. The "cocaine of the poor" has generated, in 2021, $ 5.7 billion (5.2 billion euros), according to the New Lines Institute.
Bashar al-Assad never uttered the word captagon himself. But if we look at his connections, close allies of the regime who are involved in this trafficking, we can expect to find evidence linking him to it.